ICC says arrest of former Philippines President ‘means a lot’ to victims. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan: \”International law is not as weak as some may think\” Human rights groups estimate that more than 30,000 people were killed during the drug war, and many of them were accused without evidence and executed without trial. The former President of the Philippines could face a prison sentence of up to 30 years or even life imprisonment if convicted of crimes against humanity by the ICC in connection with his \”war on drugs\” He is facing charges before the ICC for his role in alleged extrajudicial killings committed during his administration’s \” war on drugs.\” He is currently in the custody of the ICC at The Hague, Netherlands. His custody was turned over by his accompanying Philippine law enforcement authorities to officials of the Judicial Cooperation Unit of theICC Office of Registry. He has been granted permission to visit the former President on Thursday at the ICC Detention Center in Scheveningen, The Hague. He was arrested under a warrant issued on orders of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday morning upon his arrival from Hong Kong. The case against him falls within the jurisdiction of the Court as the alleged crimes occurred during the period when the Philippines was a State Party to the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding treaty. He is accused of being the founder and head of the Davao Death Squad, then-Mayor of Davao City, and subsequently as the President of Philippines.