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allegations of systematic murders and cover-ups. The “war on drugs” was the key platform that swept Duterte
Duterte’s top enforcer of a bloody crackdown during which thousands of alleged drug dealers were shot dead in police operations. At the peak of the campaign, murders of drug users spiked dramatically, as police
war on drugs”](/opinions/2026/3/10/dutertes-drug-war-faces-judgement-at-the-icc), which prosecutors say killed thousands of civilians in the Philippines. “The available evidentiary material shows the existence of a common plan between Mr Duterte and his co-perpetrators to kill alleged
war on drugs”. Pre-trial judges concluded on Thursday that there were substantial grounds to believe Duterte was responsible for the crimes against humanity of murder and attempted murder in relation to anti-drugs crackdowns
murder of "no less than 32 persons" between July 2016 and the end of April 2018, when he led the national police force under Duterte. Dela Rosa, 64, has vowed to fight the ICC arrest