ICC probe on Duterte may be ‘final card’ for Marcos administration as rift deepens

International Criminal Court (ICC) assistant to counsel Maria Kristina Conti told This Week in Asia that “we hope a warrant would be issued within the year”, but noted its “implementation is another matter”.

Conti, who is working with the ICC to find witnesses willing to testify against the former president and officials in his administration, said that despite the court’s lack of updates, similar cases suggest the ICC will move forward quickly.

“We have the idea that things have been kept in confidence because there is a probability of arrest – because the ICC recently have been announcing requests for and issuance of warrants in contexts where it was impossible to enforce,” Conti said on Thursday.

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