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Duterte’s ICC ‘surrender’ illegal, Azcuna tells Senate
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Adolfo Azcuna stated that the Philippine government's act of surrendering former president Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC) was illegal.
Azcuna clarified during a Senate hearing that while the ICC's arrest warrant for Duterte on crimes against humanity charges was legitimate, the surrender itself was unlawful.
He explained that surrenders must be conducted in accordance with treaties and domestic law.
Azcuna pointed to Section 17 of Republic Act 9851, which he believes reinstates the Statute of Rome even after the Philippines' withdrawal, as requiring surrender to be pursuant to an applicable treaty.
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