What the ICC allegesThe charges, as described by prosecutors, break down into three broad clusters:Alleged co-perpetration in 19 killings between 2013 and 2016 while Mr. Duterte was mayor of Davao City. A scheduled appearance to hear the charges was put on hold as judges consider whether Mr. Duterte is fit to participate in proceedings. The ICC’s language — referencing “thousands of killings” — underscores the scale that has made this more than a national crisis; it is an issue the court sees as engaging international criminal law. That legal tension — between national sovereignty and international accountability — is playing out under intense public scrutiny. For now, the ICC file sits in Scheveningen’s cold-light corridors; in the Philippines, small altars glow at dusk.