00:00Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will go on trial at the International Criminal Court.
00:06This after the ICC's Pretrial Chamber confirmed all the charges against Duterte on Thursday, April 23.
00:13Charges against him include three counts of crimes against humanity of murder,
00:17covering 49 incidents of killings and 78 victims.
00:21Pretrial Chamber 1 concluded that there are substantial grounds to believe
00:25that Mr. Duterte is responsible for the crimes against humanity of murder and attempted murder.
00:32It was a unanimous decision by an all-women chamber composed of judges Yulia Antonella Motoc,
00:37Reyn Alapini Gansu, and Maria del Socorro Flores Liera.
00:41Unlike other decisions, this decision cannot be appealed automatically.
00:46This means Duterte cannot go straight to the Appeals Chamber to file a challenge.
00:50And if Duterte wants to appeal, he has to request authorization to do so.
00:54The ICC will now have to constitute a trial chamber,
00:58which will proceed to holding status conferences among all parties.
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