Duterte camp shifts strategy to UN after ICC junks release bidPeople tape flags of the Philippines on a life-size cartboard cutout of former Philippines' president Rodrigo Duterte during a demonstration in his support outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) where he will be questioned on charges of crimes against humanity, in The Hague on February 23, 2026. Duterte will remain at the ICC detention center after the appeals judges rejected the challenge filed by his lawyer, Nicholas Kaufman. "How can (the ICC) convict (former president Duterte) if it has no jurisdiction? That's why I am planning to bring the issue before the United Nations," Panelo said over Bilyonaryo News Channel. "It (ICC) is not even part of the United Nations.

Source: Philippine Star March 09, 2026 12:41 UTC