00:00The International Criminal Court denies former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's latest
00:05attempt to delay his trial. The ICC Pretrial Chamber 1 rejects his request to appeal the
00:11ruling that confirmed his charges last month. The chamber confirmed all three counts of Duterte's
00:16crimes against humanity case in April. Duterte cannot go directly to the ICC Appeals Chamber to
00:22question the Pretrial Chamber's decision unlike in other decisions. Most notable in its reply,
00:27the Pretrial Chamber says, quote, this did not constitute an appealable issue.
00:32Recently, Duterte replaced his legal counsels, Nicholas Kaufman and Dove Jacobs.
00:37He picked former ICC Bar Association President Peter Haynes as his new lead counsel,
00:42with Australian lawyer Kate Gibson as his new associate counsel.
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