University of St.

La Salle
College of Law
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
(School Year 2014-2015)
Instructor: Atty. Michael Hanz D. Villaster
TEXTBOOKS:
Bernas, S.J., Introduction to Public International Law (Lastest Edition) MAIN
REFERENCE
Agpalo, Public International Law (2006 Edition)
TOPIC/ CASE OUTLINE:
1 Nature and Sources of Public International Law
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The Paquete Habana Case, 175 U.S. 677 (1990)

The Asylum Case (Columbia vs. Peru) Judgment of 20 November 1950
Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal vs. India) Judgment of
12 April 1960
Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case (United Kingdom vs. Norway),
Judgment of 18 December 1951
The S.S. Wimbledon Case (United Kingdom, France, Italy and Japan vs.
Germany) Merits
The Barcelona Traction Case (Belgium vs. Spain) 1970
Nuclear Test Cases (Australia vs. France; New Zealand vs. France), PCIJ
1933
Mijares vs. Ranada, 455 SCRA 397 (2005)

2 Law of the Treaties; International Law and Municipal Law

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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)

Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia vs. Thailand),
Judgment of 15 June 1962
Whitney vs. Robertson, 124 U.S. 190 (1888)
Head Money Cases, 112 U.S. 580 (1884); see Art. VIII, Sec. 5 (2)(a) of
the 1987 Philippine Constitution
Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom vs. Ireland) (1973)
Namibia Case (1971)
Danube Dam Case (Hungary vs. Slovakia)
Kuroda vs. Jalandoni (G.R. No. L-2662, March 26, 1949)
Adolfo vs. CFI of Zambales, 34 SCRA 166 (1970)
Guerreros Transport vs. Blayblock Transport, 71 SCRA 621 (1976)
Bayan Bagong Alyansang Makabayan vs. Zamora (342 SCRA 449)
Gonzales vs. Hechanova (9 SCRA 230)
Pimentel vs. Office of the Executive Secretary (G.R. No. 158099, July 6,
2005)
Wright vs. Court of Appeals (235 SCRA 341)
Drilon vs. Lim (G.R. No. 112497, August 4, 1994)
Inchong vs. Hernandez, 101 Phil 11255 (1957)

3 Subjects and Other Subjects of Public International Law

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Chapters II and III (Agpalo)

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Upright vs. Mercury Business Machines Corp.

Tinoco Arbitration Case (Great Britain vs. Costa Rica) (1923)
Reparation for the Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations
(ICJ Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949)
Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations
(ICJ Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1948)
Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo (Advisory
Opinion of 22 July 2010)
International Catholic Migration Commission vs. Calleja (G.R. No.
85750, September 28, 1990)
Lasco vs. United Nations Revolving Fund for Natural Resources
Exploration (G.R. Nos. 109095-109107, February 23, 1995)

4 Territory: Land, Air, Outer Space

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Chapter IV (Agpalo)
The Island of Las Palmas Case (Netherlands vs. United States) (1928)
The Western Sahara Case (ICJ Advisory Opinion, 1975)
Legal Status of Eastern England (Denmark vs. Norway), Judgment of 5
April 1933
Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (1944)
1967 Treaty on the Exploration and Use of Outer Space
The Skylab Project (NASA)

5 Territory: Law of the Sea

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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas of 1982

Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case (United Kingdom vs. Norway),
Judgment of 18 December 1951
North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Germany vs. Denmark; Germany
vs. The Netherlands) , Judgment of 20 February 1969
Saudi Arabia vs. Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) (Arbitration
1963)
The S.S. Im Alone Case (Canada vs. Untied States) (Judgment of 30
June 1933 and 5 January 1935)

6 Jurisdiction of States
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The Lotus Case (France vs. Turkey)

Trial Smelter Arbitration Case (United States vs. Canada)
Blackmer vs. United States, 284 U.S. 421 (1932)
Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein vs. Guatemala)
The Asylum Case (Colombia vs. Peru, November 20, 1950)
Mejoff vs. Director of Prisons (G.R. No. L-2855, July 30, 1949)
Filrtiga vs. Pea-Irala, 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir. 1980) (US case)
Attorney General of Israel vs. Eichmann, Supreme Court of Israel
(1962) 136 I.L.R. 277
United States vs. Fawaz Yunis, 681 F. Supp. 8961 (1988)
United States vs. Alvarez Machain, 504 U.S. 655 (1992)
Kerr vs. Illinois, 119 U.S. 436 (1886)
Secretary of Justice vs. Hon. Ralph C. Lantion (G.R. No. 139465, January
18, 2000)
Government of Hong Kong vs. Judge Olalia (G.R. No. 153675, April 19,
2007)

7 Immunity from Jurisdiction

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Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963
Pinochet Case [R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex
Parte Pinochet Ugarte 3 WLR 1,456 (H.L. 1998)]
Regina vs. Bartle and Commissioner of Police (24 March 1999, House of
Lords)
The Schooner Exchange vs. MacFaddon, 11 U.S. 116 (1812)
Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of Congo vs.
Belgium) (ICJ Judgment on the Merits, February 14, 2002)
Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany vs. Italy ; Greece
intervening) (ICJ Judgment on the Merits, February 3, 2012)
Holy See vs. Eriberto Rosario, Jr. (G.R. No. 101949, December 1, 1994)
Republic of Indonesia vs. Vinzon (G.R. No. 154705, June 26, 2003)
Minucher vs. Court of Appeals (G.R. No. 142396, February 11, 2003)
US Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Iran Case (United States vs.
Tehran), (ICJ Judgment on the Merits, May 24, 1980)
Underhill vs. Hernandez, 168 U.S. 250 (1897)

8 State Responsibility
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2001 Draft of the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally

Wrongful Acts
The Barcelona Traction Case (supra)
L.F. H. Neer and Pauline Neer (U.S.A) vs. United Mexican States (15
October 1926)
Caire Claim (France vs. Mexico), 1929
Corfu Channel Case ((united Kingdom vs. Albania), ICJ Reports (1949)
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua
vs. United States) (ICJ Reports, 1986)
US Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Iran Case (United States vs.
Tehran), (supra)
Home Missionary Society Claim (United States vs. Great Britain), 1920
Short vs. Iran (Untied States vs. Iran), Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal (1987)
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (ICJ Advisory Opinion of 7 July 2004)
Chorzow Factory Case (Germany vs. Poland), PCIJ (1928)
Vinuya vs. Executive Secretary (G.R. No. 162230, April 28, 2010)

9 Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes

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Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral

Awards of 1958
International Court of Justice Statute
Aerial Incidence Case (United States vs. Bulgaria), ICJ (1984)
Nicaragua vs. United States (ICJ Reports, 1984)
Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal vs. Australia), ICJ (1995)
El Salvador vs. Honduras (Nicaragua Intervention), ICJ (1992)

10 The Use of Force Short of War

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Corfu Channel Case (supra)

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (ICJ Advisory Opinion
of 8 July 1996)
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Nicaragua vs. United States (supra)

Naulilaa Case (Germany vs. Portugal), Versailles Swiss Arbitral Panel
(1928)

10 Human Rights Law

1) Sources of Human Rights in International Law:
a. International Bill of Rights
i. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
ii. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1. First Optional Protocol
2. Second Optional Protocol
iii. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
2) Fundamental Human Rights
a. Rights against Genocide
i. 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of
the Crime of Genocide (entered into force January 12,
1951)
ii.
Bosnia & Herzegovina vs. Yugoslavia [Serbia &
Montenegro], ICJ Decision, 26 February 2007)
b. Right against Torture
i. 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
c. Right against Slavery and Forced Labor
i. 1926 Slavery Convention
d. Right against Discrimination
i. 1965 International Convention on the Elimination on All
Forms of Racial Discrimination
e. Rights of Stateless Persons
i. 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless
Persons
ii.
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
f. Rights of Refugees
i. 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
ii.
1966 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
iii.
Article 13 and 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights
g. Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Minorities
i. 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention
h. Rights of Migrant Workers
i. 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their
Families
i. Rights of Women
i. 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women
ii.
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
(UN General Assembly Resolution 48/104 of December
20, 1993, Arts. 1,2)
Case: Karen Vertido vs. The Philippines, CEDAW
Communication No. 18/2008, UN Doc.
CEDAW/C/46/D/18/2008 (22 September 2010)
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j. Rights of the Child

i. 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child
Case: Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the
Guardianship of Infants (Netherlands v. Sweden), ICJ Decision of
28 November 1958

k. Rights of Persons with Disabilities

i. 2008 Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities
l. Rights of Persons against Enforced Disappearances
i. 2006 International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance
m. Right to Diplomatic Protection
Cases: Avena case (Mexico vs. United States of America),
ICJ Decision on the Merits on 31 March 2004
LaGrand Case (Germany v. United States of America)
ICJ Judgment on the Merits, June 27, 2001
3) Court on Human Rights
a. European Court of Human Rights