During an interview with local media, Nicholas Kaufman, the lead counsel of President Rodrigo Duterte in the crime against humanity case, said he was not disclosing the strategy to bring his client home as soon as possible but provided broad hints.
“I am not disclosing defense strategy. You, however, are quite clearly aware of the weaknesses of the case; namely, the grievous violations of due process and the shaky jurisdictional basis,” the veteran International Criminal Court (ICC) lawyer said.
The lawyer has a solid background, as he started his legal career, like Duterte, as a prosecutor. He served as Senior District Attorney in Jerusalem in 1996 and as a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...