Former Philippine president faces court in Netherlands
Mar. 17, 2025
Q: Philippine ex-President Rodrigo Duterte is being held by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, on charges of crimes against humanity for the thousands of people killed during Duterte’s decades-long war against drugs. Where is the Netherlands?
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Q: The ICC handles allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and aggression. It is one of about 200 international governmental organizations in The Hague, the Netherlands’ third-largest city. What is the nation’s largest city?
A. Amsterdam
B. Brussels
C. Copenhagen
D. Luxembourg
Q: The ICC began investigating Duterte in 2011 when he was mayor of the southern Philippine city of Davao, where police and civilian hit squads gunned down up to 10,000 mostly poor drug suspects without trial. Which nation does not accept the authority of the ICC?
A. China
B. Russia
C. United States
D. All of the above
Q: Duterte was arrested in the Philippines on a warrant issued by the ICC, which depends on national police forces to make any arrests. President Donald Trump issued economic and travel sanctions against court personnel over an ICC arrest warrant against which leader?
A. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
B. Mohammed Deif, Hamas
C. Omar al-Bashar, Sudan
D. Vladimir Putin, Russia
Q: China, Russia and the United States don’t recognize the authority of the ICC, but they executed hundreds of people and imprisoned thousands more for war crimes or crimes against humanity in which decade?
A. 1930s
B. 1940s
C. 1950s
D. 1960s
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