{"id":2412409,"date":"2025-03-11T11:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rodrigo-duterte-arrested-on-charges-of-crimes-against-humanity-by-icc\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:30:20","slug":"rodrigo-duterte-arrested-on-charges-of-crimes-against-humanity-by-icc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rodrigo-duterte-arrested-on-charges-of-crimes-against-humanity-by-icc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo Duterte arrested on charges of &#8216;crimes against humanity&#8217; by ICC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frodrigo-duterte-arrested-on-charges-of-crimes-against-humanity-by-icc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412409&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested following an International Criminal Court\u200b (ICC) warrant related to his controversial war on drugs during\u200c his presidency from\u200b 2016 to 2022. Duterte was \u200bdetained\u200d upon his\u2064 return to Manila from\u2064 Hong Kong, making him the first\u2064 state leader \u2063arrested\u2062 on an ICC warrant and the first former Asian \u2063head \u200dof\u200b state to face such charges. He is accused of crimes \u2064against humanity \u200cfor the extrajudicial killings of tens of thousands of individuals, including\u200c both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/road-rage-incident-could-undermine-radical-prosecutors-promotion-to-u-s-attorney\/\" title=\"Road Rage Incident Could Undermine Radical Prosecutor\u2019s Promotion to U.S. Attorney\">drug dealers<\/a> \u200band users, under his management\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dICC&#8217;s warrant claims \u2064there is sufficient evidence that Duterte\u200c is responsible for widespread\u200b and systematic murder, extending back to his tenure as mayor of \u200bDavao in the 1990s. His arrest has sparked outrage from his family, who argue \u2063that it represents persecution rather\u200c than justice. Duterte himself\u2063 disputed the legality of his \u200carrest in a video, demanding to see the legal basis for his detention.<\/p>\n<p>The fallout from his arrest also illustrates the deteriorating relationship between Duterte&#8217;s family\u2063 and \u200bthe \u2064current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Rodrigo\u2064 Duterte\u2019s violent anti-drug rhetoric and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">policies garnered \u200bsignificant public support<\/a> despite international criticism. \u200cHis presidency concluded\u200d with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-deliver-first-speech-to-congress-in-nearly-empty-house-chamber\/\" title=\"Biden Will Deliver First Speech To Congress In Nearly-Empty House Chamber\">high approval rating<\/a>, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-owned-spyware-firms-blacklisted-by-us-commerce-department-over-national-security-risks\/\" title=\"US Commerce Department blacklists Israeli spy...e firms due to national security risks.\">human \u2063rights abuses<\/a> associated\u2064 with his policies have drawn intense \u200cscrutiny. Few leaders have been arrested \u200cby the ICC, making\u200d Duterte&#8217;s case notably notable in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-woke-lefties-ruined-aspen\/\" title=\"Aspen&#039;s Ruin: The Woke Left&#039;s Impact\">international\u2063 law<\/a> and human\u200c rights \u2063discussions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rodrigo Duterte arrested on charges of &lsquo;crimes against humanity&rsquo; while president of the Philippines<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1771420\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Filipino President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rodrigo-duterte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rodrigo Duterte\">Rodrigo Duterte<\/a> was arrested on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/international-criminal-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"International Criminal Court\">International Criminal Court<\/a> warrant for his war on drugs while president.<\/p>\n<p>After returning from Hong Kong, the former strongman was detained by Filipino authorities at Manila International Airport. His arrest made him a rare case, as he is the first former state leader arrested on an ICC warrant and the first former Asian leader to be arrested on an ICC warrant. He is wanted for crimes against humanity during his 2016-2022 presidential term, during which police and vigilantes killed upward of tens of thousands of people extrajudicially.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3343485\/eric-schmitt-mark-kelly-ukraine-trip-wont-help-war\/\">Eric Schmitt says Mark Kelly&#8217;s &#8216;ill-advised&#8217; Ukraine trip won&#8217;t help end the war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3343427\/ukraine-launches-hundreds-of-drones-russia-peace-talks\/\">Ukraine launches hundreds of drones at Russia as peace talks begin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3342703\/saudi-arabia-qatar-world-mediators-hamas-ukraine\/\">Saudi Arabia and Qatar emerge as world&#8217;s mediators of choice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte takes an oath during a senate inquiry on the so-called war on drugs during his administration at the Philippine Senate, Oct. 28, 2024, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo\/Aaron Favila,File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Duterte quickly disputed the legality of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Show to me now the legal basis for my being here,&rdquo; he said during the arrest in a video recorded by his daughter Veronica Duterte. &ldquo;You have to answer now for the deprivation of liberty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Filipino authorities quickly confirmed his arrest in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Upon his arrival, the prosecutor general served the ICC notification for an arrest warrant to the former president for crimes against humanity,&rdquo; the statement said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s now in the custody of authorities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His family forcibly denounced his arrest, with his other daughter Sara Duterte saying her father was &ldquo;forcibly being taken&rdquo; to the Hague.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not justice &mdash; this is oppression and persecution,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Duterte&rsquo;s lawyers quickly petitioned the Supreme Court to block his extradition to the Hague.<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the arrest warrant, which was viewed by several outlets, said the ICC had &ldquo;reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Duterte is individually responsible for the crime against humanity of murder&rdquo; during his presidency and going back to his stint as mayor of Davao in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the crimes were &ldquo;both widespread and systematic: the attack took place over a period of several years, and thousands of people appear to have been killed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Duterte is best known for his war on drugs, during which he gave police authority to kill suspected drug dealers. He also encouraged vigilante violence against both drug dealers and addicts. Manila even enlisted the help of groups it fought, such as the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates of the number of people killed in the war range from 12,000 to 30,000. Critics have alleged many people used the war to settle personal scores by accusing other people of involvement in the drug trade as cover.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo Duterte&rsquo;s trademark belligerent rhetoric also played into criticism, including a speech on Sept. 30, 2016, during which he compared himself to Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hitler&nbsp;massacred three million Jews. Now, there are three million drug addicts. I&rsquo;d be happy to slaughter them,&rdquo; the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite heavy backlash internationally and from the Catholic Church, the drug war helped reduce the drug problem in the country and was widely popular. Rodrigo Duterte left office with an over 70% approval rating.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Relatives of victims of drug war and extrajudicial killings and activists hold signs and light candles during a protest against former Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte following his arrest in Quezon City, Philippines, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo\/Basilio Sepe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filipino authorities acquiescing to the arrest reflected the breakdown in relations between the two most powerful political dynasties in the Philippines &mdash; that of Duterte and current Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. While formerly allies, relations between Sara Duterte and the president have broken down in recent months. The rift culminated in Marcos announcing that he would carry out an ICC warrant for Rodrigo Duterte after previously saying he wouldn&rsquo;t. The Philippine House of Representatives impeached Sara Duterte last month on accusations that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/asia\/philippines-arrests-former-president-rodrigo-duterte-on-icc-warrant-53a1e2f5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"plotted to assassinate Marcos\">plotted to assassinate Marcos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3313076\/us-military-aircraft-crashes-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"US MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN PHILIPPINES, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE\">US MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN PHILIPPINES, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Few heads or former heads of state have been arrested on warrants from the ICC and other United Nations-linked courts. Former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, former Liberian President Charles Taylor, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, and former Sudanese President Omar al Bashir are the only other heads of state who were arrested on warrants from the ICC or other U.N.-linked courts.<\/p>\n<p>ICC warrants are also outstanding for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1771420\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1771420\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodrigo Duterte arrested on ICC warrant for &#8216;crimes against humanity&#8217; during presidency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2412410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duterte.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5175,41572,22006,14194,51932],"class_list":["post-2412409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arrest","tag-crimes-against-humanity","tag-icc","tag-philippines","tag-rodrigo-duterte"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duterte.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412409"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412413,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412409\/revisions\/2412413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}