Former President Rodrigo Duterte
MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecution has submitted a sixth batch of evidence in the crimes against humanity case against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
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In a notice dated June 3, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang said the Prosecution disclosed to the Defense a total of 90 items, organized under the following thematic categories:
- Pre-Confirmation INCRIM package 009 23 May 2025: Crimes Against Humanity– Murder – Barangay Clearance Operations, Presidential Period (32 items listed in Confidential Annex A);
- Pre-Confirmation INCRIM package 010 23 May 2025: Crimes Against Humanity– Murder – Barangay Clearance Operations, Presidential Period (35 items listed in Confidential Annex B);
- Pre-Confirmation Rule 77 package 001 23 May 2025: Contextual Elements – background information – material for the preparation of the Defence (23 items listed in Confidential Annex C).
The notice states that the annex to the filing is classified as “confidential” as it refers to confidential evidence disclosed between the parties involved. Hence, it cannot be disclosed to the public.
The prosecution only has until July 1, 2025, to disclose all evidence it will use for the hearing on confirmation of charges against Duterte, according to the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber 1.
Earlier, the prosecutor of the ICC stated that it has at least 421 documents, nine photos, and nearly 16 hours of audio and video files that it will use as evidence against Duterte when he faces the tribunal again in September.
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The Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC previously said it applied for an arrest warrant against Duterte for “the crimes against humanity of murder, torture and rape” on February 10.
After this, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber 1 assessed the material submitted by the Prosecution and found reasonable grounds to believe that Duterte is “individually responsible as an indirect co-perpetrator for the crime against humanity of murder, allegedly committed in the Philippines” between November 1, 2011 and March 16, 2019.
The ICC said the warrant of arrest against Duterte was issued as “secret” on March 7, 2025, and reclassified as “public” on March 11, 2025.
Subsequently, on March 12, Duterte was surrendered by the Philippine government to the ICC after being arrested by the authorities in accordance with the warrant of arrest.
Duterte initially appeared before the chamber’s hearing on March 14 via video link.
At present, the chamber has provisionally scheduled the hearing on the confirmation of charges against Duterte on September 23, 2025./jpv