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Judges astatine the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ruled that octogenarian erstwhile Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is acceptable to be pre-trial hearings and volition clasp a confirmation of charges proceeding connected February 23, the tribunal said connected Monday (January 26, 2026).
Mr. Duterte’s defence had said the aged politician, who is being held successful The Hague implicit murders during his warfare connected drugs, could not basal proceedings owed to cognitive decline.
Judges said successful a connection that a study by autarkic aesculapian experts recovered that Mr. Duterte would be capable to recognize and participate successful his case.
They recalled that for idiosyncratic to be deemed acceptable to instrumentality portion successful their lawsuit it is enough that they person a wide knowing of the procedures, not that they run astatine their highest level.
“The Chamber is satisfied, successful law, that Mister Duterte is capable efficaciously to workout his procedural rights and is truthful acceptable to instrumentality portion successful the pre-trial proceedings,” the judges said.
They besides set a caller day for his confirmation of charges hearing, an important measurement towards a trial.
