‘I BEG YOU NOT TO CONFIRM ANY OF THE CHARGES’ Nicholas Kaufman, ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead defense counsel, urged the ICC pre-trial judges to rely on coherent evidence in assessing the case and appealed for the charges not to be confirmed. “I ask you, I beg you not to

‘I BEG YOU NOT TO CONFIRM ANY OF THE CHARGES’ Nicholas Kaufman, ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s lead defense counsel, urged the ICC pre-trial judges to rely on coherent evidence in assessing the case and appealed for the charges not to be confirmed. “I ask you, I beg you not to