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Former Philippine National Police chief and sitting Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa evaded arrest on an ICC warrant for crimes against humanity by fleeing into the Philippine Senate, where allies granted him protective custody. The dramatic standoff — complete with gunshots and a Senate lockdown — raises fundamental questions about the ICC's enforcement power and the Philippines' contradictory posture toward international criminal law, even as former President Rodrigo Duterte awaits trial in The Hague for the same drug war campaign.