THE Hague, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution has submitted a seventh batch of evidence in its ongoing case against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, who faces charges of crimes against humanity over his controversial anti-drug campaign.
On May 30, prosecutors submitted 129 new items of evidence, bringing the total to 396 documents since the official disclosure phase began on April 30. This brings the current total to 396 disclosed materials.
In an earlier statement, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan—currently on leave amid a separate misconduct investigation—revealed that over 130,000 documents are stored in the prosecution’s relativity database.
Each item, he explained, must undergo legal vetting before it can be submitted to the court.
The prosecution has until July 1 to submit its evidence, in preparation for a hearing scheduled for September 23.
Duterte was arrested on March 11 by Interpol agents under the ICC’s warrant, in connection with thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings during his drug war.
Human rights groups claim that over 30,000 individuals were killed during the campaign.
Since his arrest, Duterte has been held at the ICC detention facility in The Hague. In May, the court rejected an appeal from Duterte’s legal team seeking to disqualify two of the three judges presiding over the case.