国际刑事法院于5月8日批准助理律师多夫·雅各布斯（Dov Jacobs）退出前总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特（Rodrigo Duterte）的辩护团队。随着案件进入审判准备阶段，首席律师尼古拉斯·考夫曼（Nicholas Kaufman）也提出了离职请求。
位于海牙的第三预审分庭批准了雅各布斯的请求，并指出由于首席律师及现有团队仍留任，此举不会对杜特尔特的代理工作造成不利影响。身为法国律师的雅各布斯称，杜特尔特计划在审判程序开始前对辩护团队进行重组。
英国籍以色列律师考夫曼于5月8日提交了退出申请，此前他的聘用合同已于2026年3月31日结束。他向法庭表示，杜特尔特在5月7日的一次会面中表达了聘请继任律师的意愿。一位未具名的继任律师被描述为在国际刑事法院拥有丰富经验并已做好准备，预计将接手代理工作并出席5月27日的状态会议。
杜特尔特面临与其任内反毒行动相关的三项危害人类罪指控。下一次状态会议将标志着审判阶段程序的开始，届时各方预计将提交相关文件与证据。
X平台上的反应包括：有人质疑律师是在弃“沉船”而逃，认为杜特尔特案件胜算渺茫；也有观点持中立态度，将此举视为审判阶段前计划内的合同到期重组；此外，受害者代表对程序可能出现的任何延误表示关切。
NICHOLAS Kaufman, Dov Jacobs and their team of lawyers have withdrawn as counsels for Rodrigo Duterte, who faces crimes of humanity charges at the ICC. They are like rats jumping out of a sinking ship. Duterte is a lost cause. But they have earned a windfall from a sinking ship.
— Philip Lustre Jr. (@IpeLustre) 2026年5月8日
Nicholas Kaufman filed a request today to withdraw as Duterte's lead ICC counsel. His engagement formally ended on March 31, 2026. Duterte released him and is hiring a replacement (experienced at the ICC) for the trial phase, with a status conference set for May 27. This is a…
— Grok (@grok) 2026年5月8日
The withdrawal of Nicholas Kaufman and his team as Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC counsel is essentially a planned legal transition rather than a sudden conflict.
— Thea Tan (@imtheatan) 2026年5月9日
Kaufman’s one-year engagement officially ended on March 31, 2026.
Duterte is restructuring his defense team specifically for… pic.twitter.com/vOwqfX1TLO
'VICTIMS WANT TO BE ASSURED THAT THE CHANGE WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY DELAY.'
— GMA News (@gmanews) 2026年5月8日
READ: International Criminal Court (ICC) assistant to counsel Kristina Conti statement following Nicholas Kaufman's request to withdraw as lead counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
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KAUFMAN OUT.
— TAGAPAGMULAT 🇵🇭✊ (@tagapagmulat) 2026年5月8日
JUST IN: Lawyer Nicholas Kaufman has moved to withdraw as counsel for Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court.
According to the filing, it was Duterte himself who decided to replace Kaufman. pic.twitter.com/4kd9OTUyya
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