The Philippines’ previous ratification of the Rome Statute has no bearing on last week’s arrest of Rodrigo Duterte and his subsequent surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC), said analysts.
They believe the ICC’s success in getting custody of the former Philippine president was only due to the country’s internal political struggle instead of the court’s power.

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Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday (March 20, 2025) maintains that his agency and the Armed Forces of the Philippines do not have a law enforcement mandate, during the Senate hearing on the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Teodoro: The operation is clearly a law enforcement one, and the Philippine National Police has the power to ask the armed forces to assist. And that is the extent of the participation of my Department and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. | Priam Nepomuceno (Photo courtesy of DND) via PNA

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