MANILA, March 13 -- Former president Rodrigo Duterte will not face any local Dutch court, Philippine Ambassador to The Netherlands J. Eduardo Malaya confirmed on Thursday.

The envoy said the former chief executive is in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the ICC Detention Center in The Hague.

"(He) won't be brought to a Dutch court," he told the Philippine News Agency.

"It will be proceedings before the ICC all the way. There is no requirement for an arrested person to be brought before a Dutch local court, under the Rome Statute."

After Duterte's arrest and surrender to the ICC, international law expert and Dean of the San Sebastian College-Recoletos Graduate School of Law Rodel Taton said the next procedure is ...