Will Rodrigo Duterte be seen as a martyr – or a symbol of justice finally being carried out?
- Written by Noel Morada, Visiting Professor, Nelson Mandela Centre, Chulalongkorn University; and Research Fellow, Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, The University of Queensland
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is now in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, to face charges of alleged crimes against humanity for his brutal war on drugs in the Philippines.
Duterte and his allies attempted to fight the arrest warrant and claimed his transfer to The Hague was an “ille...
