Officers and counsel of ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber I

CASE FROM PH Judges of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber I Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou, Iulia Antoanella Motoc and María del Socorro Flores Liera. —ICC-CPI

The confirmation of charges hearing in the crimes against humanity case against former President Duterte has started with the prosecution, the victims’ counsel and the defense taking turns on presenting the merits to the case. Members of the three parties have varying roles in the case and some of them will have the chance to speak before the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) I of the International Criminal Court throughout the four-day proceedings this week.

Pre-Trial Chamber I

• Presiding Judge Iulia Antoanella Motoc

• Judge Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou

• Judge María del Socorro Flores Liera

Office of the Prosecutor

• Mame Mandiaye Niang – deputy prosecutor

• James Miriti – case manager

• Julian Nicholls – senior trial lawyer

• Edward Jeremy – trial lawyer

• Robynne Croft – trial lawyer

• Maria Berdenikova – trial lawyer

• Hannah Allen – associate trial lawyer

Common Legal Representatives of Victims

• Joel Butuyan

• Gilbert Andres

• Paolina Massidda of the Office of Public Counsel for Victims

Defense

• Nicholas Kaufman – Lead Counsel

• Dov Jacobs – Associate Counsel

• Havneet Sethi

• Alexandre Desevedavy

• Davide Rancati

• Sandrine de Sena

• Kailin Chen

Kaufman also introduced the six Filipino lawyers, who all served in various capacities during the Duterte mayoral years and the presidency. Among them was former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, who initially appeared before the ICC as temporary counsel of Duterte days after his arrest last year. They were sitting in the public gallery of the courtroom in support of the defense team:

• Salvador Medialdea

• Salvador Panelo

• Martin Delgra

• Silvestre Bello III

• Alfredo Lim Jr.

• Caesar Dulay