Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team asks the International Criminal Court (ICC) to limit the number of evidence items prosecutors can use in his upcoming crimes-against-humanity trial. Multiple outlets report the defense wants the evidence record reduced to a maximum of 10,000 items.
Sources say the prosecution has turned over more than 62,000 items, with one report describing the increase as having “ballooned” by almost 1,000%. Defense lawyers, including Peter Haynes, argue that much of the material is irrelevant, duplicative, or defective, and that the defense cannot reasonably review it all before the trial.
Across the coverage, the key difference is how the defense challenge is characterized: some outlets focus on the need to create a “workable” record, while others stress the figures and the alleged defects in the prosecution’s submission. All accounts describe the motion as seeking a strict evidence cap from ICC Trial Chamber III ahead of trial preparation.
