Nicholas Kaufman

On the same day, Presiding Judge Joanna Korner and judges Keebong Paek and Nicolas Guillou granted the request and directed the defense to place the waiver on the court record

The wanted man outran security agents, rallied protesters and even serenaded the media with a military hymn

At the center of Cayetano’s criticism was what he described as an inherent conflict of interest in allowing law enforcement agencies to lead the probe into the 13 May security incident, where gunfire erupted between Senate security personnel and NBI agents during a disputed operation linked to an alleged International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Dela Rosa

British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman was officially out as lead counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday granted his request to withdraw from the defense team

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is preparing a massive 10,000-strong task force for a possible dragnet operation should the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue an arrest warrant against Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa

Court orders detailed trial planning; detention review, appeal request also underway

Trial chamber III formed as proceedings against Duterte move into next phase

Former president Rodrigo Duterte was afforded the right to a fair trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), one of the counsels representing drug war victims asserted Saturday, as he debunked the defense’s insinuations of a biased ruling

Duterte Heads for Trial as ICC Confirms Drug War Charges

The unanimous decision was handed down in open court, presided by Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, at 11 a.m. in The Hague (5 p.m. in Manila)

The camp of former President Rodrigo Duterte has withdrawn its request to appeal a ruling by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I that upheld the appointment of three Filipino external lawyers representing victims of his drug war, after earlier alleging a “conflict of interest.”

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have petitioned the tribunal to compel former president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead counsel, Nicholas Kaufman, to formally confirm that a team of six Filipino lawyers he allegedly introduced as members of the defense are not officially part of their legal team

The move, however, appears to have backfired on the former coup leader who has been accused of serving as the bridge between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Philippine security officials in the surrender of former President Rodrigo Duterte

This comes as prosecutors have repeatedly cited Duterte’s own recorded speeches to establish his alleged accountability for extrajudicial killings linked to the war on drugs during his term

Tinukoy niya ang Philippine National Police, na naglalarawan sa “neutralization” bilang isang “police intervention in strict accord with the use of force to contain or stop the unlawful aggression of the offender.”

Judges at the International Criminal Court have heard starkly different interpretations this week of the words of former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines

He referred to the Philippine National Police, which defines “neutralization” as a "police intervention in strict accord with the use of force to contain or stop the unlawful aggression of the offender."

On day two of proceedings against Duterte, ICC prosecutor Edward Jeremy laid out searing testimony including allegations that children had their heads wrapped in packing tape and were strangled to death

Duterte championed vigilante justice amid rising drug pushers, petty thieves

Following the hearing, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber will decide within 60 days whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial or to dismiss the charges

Almost one year has elapsed since former President Rodrigo R. Duterte was kidnapped and flown to The Hague on a chartered jet and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC)

In a public redacted filing dated Feb.16, 2026, Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang confirmed the Prosecution’s neutral stance on the "Defense Request for the Disqualification of the External Legal Representatives for the Victims."

Senators Ronald Dela Rosa and Christopher Go are among eight current and former officials named in a document posted to the court’s website on Friday

This would be added to the prosecution’s 1,242 in the evidentiary items that would bolster its case against Duterte, gathered between 11 September 2025 and 29 January of this year

The 80-year-old faces a February hearing on crimes against humanity after the court rejected defence arguments that he was unfit to take part