War Crimes Court Rejects Bid to Free Philippines’ Duterte

The International Criminal Court’s appeals chamber ruled that the tribunal has jurisdiction over the case of ex-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity and rejected his bid for release.

The appeals chamber by a majority “has rejected all four grounds of appeal,” Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza said in live-streamed proceedings on Wednesday. “Having rejected the entire appeal, the appeals chamber considers that the defense’s request for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Duterte is moot.”