Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte

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Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte

Part of the International Criminal Court investigation in the Philippines
Duterte in October 2024 during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee probe on the War on Drugs, 5 months before his arrest
Date	March 11, 2025
Location	Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pasay, Philippines
Cause	Alleged crimes against humanity perpetuated by the Duterte administration during the Philippine drug war, charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Participants	Philippine National Police Interpol
Arrests	Rodrigo Duterte

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On March 11, 2025, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the Philippine National Police and Interpol on the basis of an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant charging him with crimes against humanity in connection with the Philippine drug war.^[1] Duterte arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila on March 11, after attending a political rally in Hong Kong.^[2] Upon the execution of the warrant, Duterte was transferred to Villamor Air Base and transported to the Netherlands, where he is expected to face trial in The Hague.^[3]

Duterte was indicted on charges of crimes against humanity, which includes extrajudicial killings during his tenure as Mayor of Davao City and as President of the Philippines (until the country's withdrawal from the Rome Statute in 2019). He is the fifth Philippine president to be indicted and arrested, following Emilio Aguinaldo in 1901 and again in 1945, Jose P. Laurel in 1945, Joseph Estrada in 2001, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2011. He is also the first Philippine president to face an international tribunal and the first leader from Asia to face trial before the ICC.