Duterte lawyer: 'compelling' grounds to throw case out

Nicholas Kaufman told AFP in an interview in The Hague he hoped to stop the case before the ICC confirms the charges against Duterte by arguing the court cannot exercise its jurisdiction. He said the Philippines' withdrawal from the court had become effective well before an investigation was authorised. Duterte, 80, faces a charge of crimes against humanity for murder over his "war on drugs" that claimed the lives of thousands of mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs. British-Israeli lawyer Kaufman...