Police say more than 6,200 people were killed in a brutal crackdown on illegal drugs during Rodrigo Duterte's presidency from 2016 and 2022. The former leader's team declared the arrest unlawful.

It’s been seven years since the International Criminal Court began investigating former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and the “war on drugs” in which thousands of people were killed on his watch.

An elected leader once dubbed “The Punisher” is on his way to The Hague to face trial for crimes against humanity during a brutal war on drugs, in a breathtaking reversal of fortune for a politician who once openly boasted about killing people and placing opponents on hit lists.