Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday and will head to The Hague following his dramatic arrest in Manila the day before, on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant,

A plane taking former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court over murder charges was headed for Rotterdam on Wednesday in a move hailed by families of victims of his "war on drugs" as giving them hope for justice.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested on order of the International Criminal Court in connection with a case of crime against humanity filed against him, the Philippine government said.