By An International Criminal Court-accredited private lawyer refuted claims that former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest was “warrantless.”
(There was an arrest warrant issued by an international court of which we were once a member.) (This was not a warrantless arrest because a valid warrant was issued.)
According to Butuyan, the government had two legal bases for executing the ICC’s arrest warrant: Republic Act No. 9851 and Article 59 of the Rome Statute.
He cited the ICC’s 2015 decision in the case of Dominic Ongwen, stating that an arresting country must only comply with Article 59, which includes verifying the accused’s identity and ensuring their rights are upheld.
