Rodrigo Duterte previously insisted that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the Philippines, since he pulled the country out of the tribunal in 2019, three years after it took note of the drug war's rising death toll.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte has entered the Hague Penitentiary Institution or the Scheveningen Prison where he is set to be held while awaiting trial by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged "crimes against humanity" in his administration's war on drugs.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been put on a plane to The Hague following his arrest on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, his daughter and local outlet The Philippine Star have reported.