Over 6,000 people have been killed since July 2016 in the Filipino president's war on drugs
Duterte's war on drugs gained criticism internationally and at home, with mass protests breaking out in the Philippines in 2017. In September of that year, just over a year after Duterte took office, thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace in Manila to protest against the killings authorized by Duterte and his oppressive"dictatorship."
Duterte doesn't really seem to care about what anyone thinks of him outside of the Philippines, where his strongman approach has gained him a vast support among the population. The president himself admitted he could go down in history as"The Butcher." Even the announcement in September 2021 that the International Criminal Court at The Hague had authorized an investigation into the extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the Philippines left Duterte cold. The president had his lawyer tell the court that ICC officials would be denied entry to the country, saying the court had no right to investigate him, and that doing so would meddle with the Philippines' domestic affairs.
His legally protected status might change after he steps out of office, but it is unlikely that the ICC would be able to prosecute Duterte even then.
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