MANILA—The Supreme Court has taken action on new submissions related to the petition filed by former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, who are challenging Duterte’s arrest and the Philippine government’s cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Duterte and Dela Rosa filed their petition on March 11, 2025. On November 12, 2025, they submitted a Very Urgent Motion asking the Court to compel Ombudsman and former Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla to produce a copy of an alleged ICC arrest warrant against Dela Rosa, which Remulla had reportedly claimed to possess based on news reports.

A day later, on November 13, 2025, the petitioners filed a Very Urgent Manifestation alleging that Remulla publicly stated that an ICC arrest warrant had already been issued and that a diffusion order against Dela Rosa was in place. They also alleged that Remulla said the government would surrender Dela Rosa to the ICC without going through extradition proceedings, and that the Department of Justice had placed at least three witnesses under the Witness Protection Program at the ICC’s request.

The petitioners asked the Court to take judicial notice of Remulla’s alleged statements and to require the DOJ and the Department of Foreign Affairs to certify the existence or absence of any ICC-related warrants or communications. They also sought a preliminary injunction, claiming there is a clear, present, and continuing danger that Dela Rosa may be illegally arrested or surrendered to a foreign court without due process.

Acting on the filings, the Supreme Court denied the Very Urgent Motion to compel the production of the alleged ICC warrant. It directed the respondents—including Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla, PNP Chief Police General Rommel Francisco Marbil, CIDG Director P/MGen. Nicolas Torre III, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, and AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr.—to file their comments on the Very Urgent Manifestation.

The Court ordered that their comments be filed and served personally within a non-extendible period of ten days from notice.

The Supreme Court noted that copies of available pleadings may be accessed through the Current Cases section of its website.