The International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III has allowed prosecutors to inspect selected materials recovered from former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte following his arrest, according to decisions issued by the chamber.

In a six-page decision dated July 3, the chamber, acting on a prosecution request filed on May 1, 2026, granted access to certain items, partially approved a request to review the inventory, and ordered measures to prevent any money among the seized materials from losing value.

The prosecution had asked the chamber to direct the court’s Registry to: enable inspection of specified materials; submit an inventory of all obtained items to help determine relevance to the investigation; and ensure any money recovered is frozen and protected from losing value.

On May 18, the defense and the Registry submitted their observations as ordered by the chamber. The Registry included an inventory of the obtained items as an annex, which remains classified as confidential and accessible only to the defense and the Registry.

In its decision, the chamber granted the prosecution’s request to inspect certain materials and partially granted access to the inventory.

It ordered the Registry to transmit redacted materials to the prosecution by June 1, 2026, and to reclassify its submissions and annex as confidential ex parte documents accessible to the prosecution, defense and Registry.

The chamber also directed the Registry to take appropriate steps to ensure that any money among the seized items is not subject to devaluation. Prosecutors were ordered to submit, within one month of receiving the materials, a report detailing safeguards to limit access to the accused’s private information.

In a separate ruling, the chamber partially granted another prosecution request for access to additional redacted materials. It ordered the Registry to transmit specified documents by June 24, 2026, and directed the prosecution to file any further requests for access by June 30, 2026.

However, the chamber denied the prosecution’s bid to open or access all keys recovered from Duterte’s belongings, citing insufficient basis and potential privacy risks to third parties.