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The International Criminal Court Trial Chamber III has ordered the disclosure of the name of the new lawyer who will represent former president Rodrigo Duterte in his trial for crimes against humanity. At the same time, the chamber approved the request of lead defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman to withdraw from the case.
Nicholas Kaufman, counsel of former president Rodrigo Duterte until May 7, had asked the Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court to order the Registry to submit its observations based on video footage and documentation at the detention center. This is to support his argument that circumstances have changed that merit reconsideration of Duterte’s request for interim release.
In a decision dated April 24, a day after all charges against Duterte were confirmed, the ICC Presidency appointed British Judge Joanna Korner, South Korean Judge Keebong Paek, and French Judge Nicolas Guillou to the chamber.
The ICC’s Appeals Chamber, composed of five judges, affirmed by majority vote the Oct. 23 decision of its Pre-Trial Chamber I that the court has legal power over drug war killings committed when the Philippines was still a member of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC.
Former president Rodrigo Duterte has asked the International Criminal Court's Appeals Chamber to excuse him from attending the reading of the judgment on his appeal challenging the tribunal's jurisdiction.
