EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Bafadhel would like to make one thing clear: she is not representing Rodrigo Duterte, whose bloody campaign against drugs is the subject of an ongoing investigation for alleged crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.
of the administrative council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Peace Palace – the first Filipino to be one. It was the embassy, said Bafadhel, that approached her for the job.
In international justice, there is general acceptance that a good defense makes the process credible. That is why the ICC created the Office of Public Counsel for the Defence . It is an independent organ of the Court that facilitates the process of a defendant choosing his or her own counsel by providing a list of accredited counsels. It also offers legal aid to those who lack resources and provides counsels “where the interests of justice so require.
“There is a lot of stigma around defense counsels, and I appreciate where that comes from but we are a fundamental part, and that is a cornerstone of how we approach the proceedings in court,” said Bafadhel.
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