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00:00The International Criminal Court is now in session.
00:03Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
00:14The former President Rodrigo Duterte and his lawyer,
00:19Attorney Nicholas Kaufman,
00:21are now in session in the Netherlands.
00:24Kaufman said that he hopes that Duterte will be released
00:27from the Crimes Against Humanity in the International Criminal Court.
00:31The former President will only be able to phrase the ICC's assets
00:34if the litigation is already underway.
00:36But according to his former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel,
00:38there is no legal basis for that.
00:40From the very corner of the Netherlands,
00:43this is Maris Umali's breaking news.
00:49The former President Rodrigo Duterte has already been visited
00:52in the Scriveningen Prison
00:53by his lawyer in the ICC,
00:56British-Israeli lawyer,
00:57Attorney Nicholas Kaufman.
00:59They talked for two hours.
01:02According to Kaufman,
01:03he hopes that the former President will be acquitted
01:05of the charges he is facing.
01:07You're very confident that the former President will be acquitted?
01:15I'm very confident of the strongest defense possible
01:17and I'm very confident that he will be acquitted,
01:19indeed, even at the earliest stage possible.
01:22They will file petitions
01:24before the confirmation of charges hearing on September 23.
01:27There will be petitions, obviously.
01:29Once again, it's not for me to comment on the defense strategy
01:32at this moment in time.
01:33What was the first message that the President gave to you?
01:38That he's in good spirits and looking forward to conducting his defense.
01:42How often are you able to visit the former President?
01:46I'm available to visit the former President as long as I'm here,
01:49as long as I'm allowed to do so.
01:51I have promised him that I will come
01:53every day that I'm in the Hague.
01:55As a senior counsel who has experience in the ICC,
01:58he will help build the defense team.
02:00This will take at least a week.
02:03In the ICC, Kaufman will be confirmed as a lawyer.
02:07He also spoke to Vice President Sara Duterte.
02:10Duterte should also be visited by the former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea
02:15before 9 a.m. in the Netherlands.
02:17But according to the Embassy of the Philippines there,
02:20while at the reception counter of the detention facility,
02:23Medialdea's feelings were hurt.
02:25That's why a medic was called.
02:27The ambulance that took Medialdea to the hospital was also called.
02:31Medialdea was with a close relative in the hospital.
02:34Whoever is held guilty by the ICC
02:37is responsible for paying the victims.
02:40And while the case of a suspect is still rolling,
02:43he has the right to freeze his assets or property.
02:47Based on the ICC website,
02:49the Office of the Prosecutor will collect financial information
02:52of a suspect at the beginning of the hearing.
02:55If the warrant of arrest or summons to appear is issued,
02:58a request for identification,
03:02tracing, and freezing of the suspect's properties can also be issued.
03:05The registry, or the one that performs the non-judicial functions of the ICC,
03:10is responsible for finding and recovering the assets of the accused.
03:14And it will ask for the help of states and intergovernmental organizations
03:18to recover those assets.
03:20According to one of the Philippine lawyers in the list of counsel of the ICC,
03:24there is a complication if the country does not comply with the Rome Statute
03:28where it will ask for the freezing of the assets of the accused.
03:31These assets, when it's in the Philippines,
03:33it needs the cooperation of the Philippine domestic authorities.
03:38If it's outside, if it's not a non-state party,
03:41it's not obligated to cooperate under the Rome Statute.
03:45But if the government has a political will,
03:48there is still a legal way for the freezing to be carried out if the ICC asks for it.
03:52Palacio said,
03:53If there will be an issue or the ICC will issue an order,
04:00we will teach it, we will give it to the authorities if it's needed.
04:04According to the former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo,
04:08there is no legal basis for the freeze order.
04:10And there is no need to freeze because the former president is poor.
04:14In the last case that was released to the public in 2017,
04:17the former president had a net worth of more than P28 million.
04:20His last salary was not released to the public.
04:23According to the ICC,
04:25sometimes the recovered assets of the accused are not enough
04:28because of the scope of the crime.
04:30But the court has a trust fund
04:32that can be used for various kinds of support for the victims.
04:37From The Hague, The Netherlands,
04:39Maris Umalin reporting for GM Integrated News.