The first night of the Philippines Duterte in prison is a major moment for ICC

Outside the Center for Detention of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was taken on Wednesday, his supporters gathered, waving national flags and shouting, “Return it!” As he was banished through impressive iron gates at speed.

Shortly before he landed in the Netherlands, 79-year-old neopologically defended his bloody “war against drugs”, which the ICC said had “reasonable grounds” to accuse him of murder as a crime against humanity.

Little drug dealers, consumers and others were killed without a test of his watch as mayor and later as president.

The official fee is 6000, although activists believe that the true figure can come across tens of thousands.

Duterte said he had broken down on drug dealers to save the country of street crimes.

However, rights groups claim that the campaign was full of police abuse aimed at young men from the poor in the city.

Duterte is the first Asian former head of state to be accused by the ICC – and the first suspect to be taken to The Hague in three years.

And his arrival comes at a main moment for the International Criminal Court.

The arrest and deportation of Rodrigo Duterte on Monday were the result of an unprecedented chain of events.

His supporters claim that the ICC is used as a political instrument by the current president of the country, Ferdinand Marcos, who has publicly fell into the powerful Duterte family.

ICC is a court for the last resort designed to own the most powerful reporting when the internal courts are unable to or do not want to do so. But this case is a reminder of the extent to which it depends on the state cooperation to fulfill his term – he effectively has no right to arrest people without the cooperation of the countries they are in, which he most often refuses.

In the case of Duterte, the chances of him ever pursued by the ICC seems unthinkable even in 2022, when his daughter, Vice President Sarah Duterte, allied with Marcos to create the powerful “Uniteam” that covered the parliamentary elections.

Until a few months ago, Marcos rejected the idea of ​​cooperating with the ICC.

But the pace at which Dutner was served arrest warrant and extradite shows that when political winds are shifted, those who are once considered untouchable can touch the Hague.

The whole process of his extradition – from his detention in Manila to his arrival in The Hague – has been documented on social media by his daughter Kitty and the Duterte himself through his assistant. His aircraft was most followed on the flight radar.

“I am the one who led our law enforcement agencies and military. I said I would protect you and be responsible for all this,” he said in a video on Facebook, one of many that was shared for more than 24 hours during his trip from Manila to The Hague.

He provided a rare view of what is usually an opaque process and the world managed to follow, sometimes in real time, every step of it right to the diet that Duterte was served aboard his charter aircraft.

The Dutner’s arrest is now sending a strong signal that even powerful individuals can be held accountable for their actions by potentially deterrent to future abuses.

His case also assigned a debate about the role of the ICC in connection with national sovereignty, concern, often raised by non -member states such as the US, Russia and China.

The court depends on its 128 members to fund and be the operational part of this judicial body.

Thus, the arrival of the title of Duterte, followed by his first night in a prison cell in The Hague, offers the court such a necessary victory.

After serving two arrest warrants of the high-ranking-one for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza-who are unlikely to be applied soon, the rows of the Duterta will be set aside that the court is able to lead to Duther’s state that the The speeds of the Duterte will be made as evidence that the court is able to lead to the speed of the Duterte will be raised as evidence that the court is able to lead to the speed of the Duterte as evidence that the court is able to lead to the rows of the Duther.

This is a lacquo test for the ICC’s ability to function effectively in an increasingly polarized climate.

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan was recently sanctioned by Donald Trump for arrest warrant issued to Benjamin Netanyahu.

Dutter’s retention gives him a powerful answer.

“Many say international law is not strong,” Karim Khan admitted. “But international law is not as weak as some can think. When we get together, when we build partnerships, the rule of law can prevail.”

The former President of the Philippines will already celebrate his 80th birthday this month at the ICC detention facility located in the Hague dunes.

The facility, once the Nazi prison complex, provides every detained private cell, access to computers, library and sports facilities.

If he is not satisfied with the dishes provided, Duterte has the ability to prepare his own food using a shopping list in the kitchen of the detention center. He will also have access to medical attention, lawyers and visitors.

He is expected to appear his original court in the coming days, where he will confirm his identity, choose the language in which he wants to follow the proceedings and recognize the accusations against him.

Following this public appearance, a confirmation of the hearing of the allegations will follow, during which the judges will decide whether the prosecution has presented sufficient evidence to proceed with a lawsuit.

If the allegations are confirmed, it may take many months before it ends up years before the final decision.