Trial lawyer Edward Jeremy presented what he claims to be a document issued by former President Rodrigo Duterte during his administration, known as the “PRRD list,” as evidence in the ongoing International Criminal Court (ICC) pre-trial proceedings on alleged crimes against humanity.
Jeremy described the PRRD list as an Excel-style spreadsheet that identified individuals allegedly considered high-value targets in the government’s controversial anti-drug campaign. The list reportedly included photographs, names, and identifying information, organized into different regions of the Philippines. Individuals were assigned levels ranging from 1 to 5, with level 1 representing low-level government officials, police personnel, and street-level pushers, and level 5 representing top-level targets such as drug wholesalers, financiers, and high-ranking police officers.
“This list was used by the police in their operations. And if you are in the list, you will be the subject for police operations. And most of the time, the people on the list are killed. So basically, the PRRD list is a dead list,” Jeremy said during the hearing.
According to the lawyer, rewards for neutralizing—meaning killing—high-value targets (HVT) were provided directly by Duterte and were outside the regular PNP budget, highlighting alleged systemic incentives for extrajudicial killings. He cited multiple televised speeches, including one on February 2, 2017, in which Duterte publicly displayed the list while responding to criticism regarding human rights concerns in his drug war.
Jeremy emphasized that the PRRD list is central to the prosecution’s case, illustrating that killings were pre-planned and targeted rather than isolated incidents. Evidence of the list and its use has been documented in the prosecution’s brief, including paragraphs 52 and 99, and several tabs of the materials presented during the hearing.
The ICC confirmation of charges process, scheduled from Feb. 23 to 27, 2026, will determine whether there is sufficient evidence to proceed to a full trial. Duterte, who has waived personal appearance in The Hague, faces allegations of crimes against humanity, including murder, committed during operations targeting individuals named in the list.
