Former president Rodrigo Duterte experienced one of the greatest turnarounds in recent history: the very police force he commanded to execute his brutal drug war was tasked with arresting him for crimes against humanity and turning him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Most crimes everywhere have always gone unpunished. So, while the arrest of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) last week for the ‘crime against humanity’ of mass murder was long overdue, it also came as a great surprise.

Duterte, 79, appeared at the hearing via videolink, with Presiding Judge Iulia Motoc citing his prior “long journey."

The Philippine Senate said on Monday it will conduct a formal probe of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest and swift handover last week to the International Criminal Court, which is to try him for alleged crimes against humanity.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday said it would assist anew the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) if arrest warrants are issued against others accused in the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.

The former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, appeared before judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Friday, days after his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to the deadly “war on drugs” that he oversaw while in office.

The Philippine Senate said Monday it will conduct a formal probe of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest and swift handover last week to the International Criminal Court, which is to try him for alleged crimes against humanity.

The arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte on March 11 has sent shockwaves through the Philippines and the international community. Indicted for “murder, torture and rape as crimes against humanity” related to his controversial “war on drugs,