MANILA, Nov. 28 -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has denied former President Rodrigo Duterte's appeal to overturn an earlier ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I ruling, rejecting his request for interim release.

In a public hearing on Friday, Presiding Judge Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza said Duterte's defense had "failed to demonstrate an error" in Pre-Trial Chamber I's determination that he poses a flight risk.

Duterte's legal team had raised three grounds of appeal: that the Pre-Trial Chamber erroneously concluded he poses a risk under the Rome Statute; that it improperly rejected guarantees proposed by the State willing to receive him; and that it erred by not considering humanitarian factors in assessing his right to ...