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#RodrigoDuterte #ICC #Philippines Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The 80-year-old is accused of being criminally responsible for dozens of murders that allegedly took place as part of his so-called war on drugs, during which thousands of small-time drug dealers, users and others were killed without trial. The ICC's charge sheet, which includes several redactions, dates from July but was only made public
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00:00of charge of a competent interpreter and benefit from the necessary translations to meet the
00:07requirements of fairness. You have the right to have the time and facilities necessary to prepare
00:17your defence and to communicate freely and confidentially with the counsel of your choice.
00:23You have the right to remain silent and you cannot be forced to testify against yourself
00:33or to confess guilt. You can also make statements in your defence without taking an oath. In addition
00:44to any other disclosure provided for in the statute, the prosecutor must disclose to you
00:52as soon as practicable. Evidence in his possession or at his disposal that shows or tends to show
01:03your innocence or to mitigate your guilt or that could undermine the credibility of the evidence
01:10against you. At the confirmation of charges hearing you can contest the charges, challenge the evidence
01:17presented by the prosecutor and present evidence. There will be no trial if the charges are not
01:24confirmed or if the proceedings against you are completed. You have the possibility to make an
01:30application for interim release pending trial. And finally, Mr Dutert, you have the right to be
01:35informed as soon as possible and in detail of the nature, cause and content of the charges in the language
01:45that you fully understand and speak. Counsel, have you understood?
01:52We're listening, ma'am. We're listening. And before it ends, may we be allowed to present a manifestation
02:02on the circumstances behind the delivery of Mr Duterte in this chamber.
02:17Yes, counsel, this is as part of the procedure. And as we've said since the very outset, I need
02:31to ask Mr Duterte himself to make observations as to the condition of his surrender to the court
02:42and the conditions of his detention at the detention facility of the court since his arrival. If he can please
02:51tell us these details.
02:58Thank you. Can I?
03:02Yes, counsel.
03:06Please.
03:08Two days ago, the whole world has witnessed the degrading fashion in which a former president of a sovereign
03:16sovereign country was bundled into a private aircraft and summarily transported to The Hague. To us lawyers,
03:26this would be called an extrajudicial rendition. To the less legally inclined, it was a pure and simple kidnapping.
03:37My client was denied all access to the legal recourse in the country of his citizenship and this all in the
03:48nature of political score settling. Two troubled entities struck an unlikely alliance. An incumbent president who wished to
04:00neutralize and choke the legacy of my client and his daughter on the other hand. And a troubled legal institution
04:09subject to delegitimization and desperate for a price cuts and a legal show today on the other hand. With this in mind, it is not
04:22surprising that my client was abducted from his country. ICC private jet.
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04:55I invite the registry representative to present today in court to explain to the judges exactly how they believe this
05:04transfer was anything other than a gross abuse of process. Given the precipitous arrival of my client, an
05:15elderly man with debilitating medical issues, hard of hearing and poor of sight, he was taken to a hospital for observation. Only this
05:27morning have I met him for the first time with less than an hour to discuss legal issues. I have not been able to present him with a hard copy of the
05:43arrest warrant because we were not supplied with such.
05:49I have not even been able to explain to him what the prosecution requested when seeking the issuance of the arrest warrant.
05:57This is because the chamber only established a redacted version of the prosecution request last night. Other than to identify himself, my client is not able to contribute anything to this hearing.
06:12Most importantly, he is not able to tell you that he has been informed of the charges as contained in the arrest warrant for more
06:24a reason more pertinent to which I alluded in my written request to this honorable pretrial chamber this morning and which is confidential in nature.
06:36Accordingly, I repeat my respectful request which was rejected this morning to postpone the substantive aspect of this hearing to the next week when I will have the opportunity to sit with my client and to explain to him what the confirmation hearing is and what the disclosure is and how the prosecution alleges that he committed crimes.
07:04I thank the court for its attention and regret to say that I do not have instructions to continue my submission any further today. Thank you.
07:15Thank you, counsel. Now, with regard to the health issues of Mr. Duterte, I believe that the court has taken specific measures with regard to his health situation and I note that subsequent to his arrest and when he arrived at the detention
07:20center, the court's doctor, the court's doctor, the court's doctor, the court's doctor, was it the opinion that you were
07:27fully mentally aware and fit and that you have undergone a
07:56undergone further checks and tests at the detention facility and when you broached health matters that's saying that you were not able to come to the hearing, the doctors who consulted with you were of the opinion that Mr. Duterte was not in a position to come to the hearing physically but that if he gave written permission, he would be able to take part via video link.
08:22Now, that is with regard to the health matters that you just mentioned. They are very important, especially concerning the matter of age. Now, with regard to the rights of Mr. Duterte, we have before us the registrar's or the registry's report that says that Mr. Duterte has been informed of his rights including articles 66 and 67 of the Rome Statute.
08:51And that he is aware of his rights and that he is aware of his rights and that he is also aware of the charges against him. We have before us the report of the registry saying that he was also aware of the warrant of arrest in the English language and that he is very well versed in the English language.
09:15Once again, you have the possibility of these charges being read in English, which was the case today. I have read to you in the French language the rights that he has, Mr. Duterte, before this court and I'd like to specify once again that this is an initial hearing.
09:39In order for Mr. Duterte to be aware of his rights and the charges against him.
09:51And then there will be a full procedure that will unfurl leading up to the confirmation of charges that will enable Mr. Duterte to raise all the matters that you have just raised with regard to the warrant of arrest.
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