'Requiring passports from drug war victims a grave injustice'

Lawyers representing the victims of the bloody drug war have called out the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte for their proposal to require IDs or current Philippine passports as identification for those who will participate in the ongoing proceedings at the International Criminal Court.

- By JANVIC MATEO and BELLA CARIASO

Defense lawyer Nicholas Kaufman, in his April 7 filing, said the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I handling the proceedings should "insist on the production of a national identity card and/or a passport containing an up-to-date photograph."

In the absence of such, he said the chamber should adopt a system limiting the documents that may be accepted to identify victims of the drug war.

In a statement sent to