"A senator from the Philippines has taken refuge inside the country's parliament after the International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant regarding his role in the Philippines' deadly drug war. Ronald Dela Rosa was pictured by local media fleeing into the Senate building on Monday, as police sought to detain him. The warrant, which had been held under seal since November, was spurred by the former police chief's role in ex-President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs, which prosecutors say killed tens of thousands during his time in office in 2016-2022."
"The ICC confirmed on Monday evening that the warrant had been issued confidentially on November 6. It charges Dela Rosa as an indirect co-perpetrator in the crime against humanity of murder. The former police chief is accused of responsibility for killings carried out between July 2016 and April 2018. Duterte is accused of having created, funded and armed death squads to kill suspected narcotics dealers and users during his time as president."
"The ICC has named eight co-perpetrators in the case, including Dela Rosa, who ran the Philippine National Police during the height of the drug war, and oversaw operations that human rights groups say killed tens of thousands. Rumours of an impending warrant in November had seen Dela Rosa vanish from public life. However, he resurfaced on Monday to cast the deciding vote in a Senate leadership coup by Duterte ally Alan Peter Cayetano."
An ICC unsealed an arrest warrant for Ronald Dela Rosa, a Philippine senator and former police chief, over his role in the country’s deadly drug war. The warrant had been held under seal since November 6 and was issued confidentially. Prosecutors charge him as an indirect co-perpetrator in the crime against humanity of murder, covering killings carried out between July 2016 and April 2018. The case alleges that former President Rodrigo Duterte created, funded, and armed death squads to kill suspected narcotics dealers and users. Duterte was arrested and taken to The Hague in March 2025, and crimes against humanity charges were confirmed in April. Dela Rosa ran the Philippine National Police during the drug war and oversaw operations linked by human rights groups to tens of thousands of deaths.
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