ICC begins confirmation hearing on Duterte case todayA supporter of former president Rodrigo Duterte writes a message on a bus as part of a signature campaign in Manila yesterday. The crimes against humanity proceedings against Duterte enter a critical stage with the opening of the week-long confirmation of charges hearing at the ICC today. The confirmation hearings will open with the reading of the charges today at 10 a.m. in The Hague (5 p.m. in Manila). The ICC Office of the Prosecutor, which is in charge of prosecuting the case, will be led by Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang. “We don’t even know what the ICC ruling will be, if they are co-conspirators or principals or accomplices or accessories?
