{"id":13557,"date":"2026-07-20T06:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/?p=13557"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:58:53","slug":"rodrigo-duterte-waives-icc-hearing-appearance-senator-dela-rosa-remains-fugitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/rodrigo-duterte-waives-icc-hearing-appearance-senator-dela-rosa-remains-fugitive\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo Duterte waives ICC hearing appearance; Senator Dela Rosa remains fugitive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former president Rodrigo Duterte waived<\/a> his right to attend the second status conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III for his crimes-against-humanity case on June 23, 2026.<\/p>\n

Presiding Judge Joanna Korner stated<\/a> that Duterte’s absence was allowed only because the hearing was expected to be brief.<\/p>\n

The ICC requested<\/a> a new medical evaluation of Duterte to determine if he is fit to stand trial, set to start<\/a> on November 30, 2026.<\/p>\n

Judge Korner announced<\/a> procedural updates and new deadlines during the second status conference. Medical experts have to submit<\/a> their reports by August 18, 2026, registry filings are due August 24, and more status conferences are scheduled for July 14, October 13, and November 2, said Korner.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s lawyers opposed<\/a> the ICC prosecutors\u2019 request for access to materials seized during his arrest and transfer to the Hague, arguing that such requests should come soon after a suspect enters ICC custody. They also contested<\/a> the order to freeze Duterte\u2019s seized assets, claiming the funds are already protected.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has announced<\/a> it will arrest Senator Ronald \u201cBato\u201d dela Rosa should he appear at the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, which started at the Philippine Senate on July 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

Dela Rosa, who played a prominent role in Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s so-called \u201cwar on drugs, is now wanted<\/a> by both the ICC and Philippine authorities. He was absent for six months before he reappeared<\/a> at the Senate on May 11, 2026. He vanished again three days later, after a shooting that placed the Senate on lockdown.<\/p>\n

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) believes<\/a> dela Rosa remains in the Philippines and is following leads to his location.<\/p>\n

NBI Director Melvin Matibag said<\/a> Dela Rosa will have difficulty leaving the country, as 132 countries are members of the ICC.<\/p>\n

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Photo \u00a9 Emmalyn L. Kotte<\/p>\n

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Former president Rodrigo Duterte waived his right to attend the second status conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III for his crimes-against-humanity case on June 23, 2026. Presiding Judge Joanna Korner stated that Duterte’s absence was allowed only because the hearing was expected to be brief. The ICC requested a new medical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64,73,58,59,62,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-on-drugs-en","category-aktuelles-en","category-human-rights-news","category-internal-affairs","category-international-institutions","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13557"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13619,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13557\/revisions\/13619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amp.ngo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}