Office of the Prosecutor has welcomed the arrest and transfer of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, saying that it is an “important development” in the pursuit of accountability for alleged crimes against humanity during his administration’s bloody drug war.

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court neither confirmed nor denied reports that an arrest warrant has been issued against former president Rodrigo Duterte.

THE Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte is an important development in the pu