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Duterte lawyers: No basis to continue ICC proceedings
The legal team for former President Rodrigo Duterte has formally asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to release him unconditionally and stop all ongoing proceedings.
Duterte's lawyers filed a 21-page appeal brief to the ICC Appeals Chamber on November 14, 2025, challenging a previous ruling that asserted the ICC's jurisdiction over the case.
The appeal contests the October 23, 2025, decision by Pre-Trial Chamber I, arguing that the ICC lost its legal basis and jurisdiction after the Philippines' withdrawal from the Rome Statute on March 17, 2019.
The defense specifically cited the Pre-Trial Chamber's alleged error in classifying Article 127(2) of the Rome Statute as 'lex specialis' to Article 12.
Lawyers Nicholas Kaufman and Dov Jacobs argued that the preliminary examination by the ICC prosecutor does not mean the situation in the Philippines was already a matter under consideration by the court.
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