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I. Fundamental Precepts
II. Sources of International Law
Art. 38, ICJ Statute
The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are
submitted to it, shall apply:
a. international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly
recognized by the contesting states;
b. international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law;
c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations;
d. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and
e. the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary
means for the determination of rules of law. This provision shall not prejudice the power of
the Court to decide a case ex aequo et bono, if the parties agree thereto.
Note:
Art. 53, 1969 Vienna Convention on Treaties
o Treaties conflicting with a peremptory norm of general international law ( jus cogens ) - A treaty
is void if, at the time of its conclusion, it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general
international law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory norm of general
international law is a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as
a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only by a
subsequent norm of general international law having the same
A. States
1. Territorial Sovereignty
Cases:
o Island of Las Palmas Case (US v. Netherlands), 2 KIAA 829
o Las Palmas Arbitration Revisited, H. Harry L. Roque, Jr.
o Bishop Pedro Dulay et.al. v. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita (Case filed by Sir, et al,
regarding Palawan)
o Eastern Greenland Case, PCIJ Ser. A/B, No. 53
o SS Lotus Case, PCIJ Ser. A, No. 10
Thematic Lighthouses:
o Minquiers and Ecrehos Case, ICJ Reports 1953, p. 47
o Case Concerning Sovereignty Over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan
(Indonesia/Malaysia)
o Eritrea-Yemen Arbitration, ICJ Reports, 1998
Map Cases:
o Eritrea-Yemen Arbitration, ICJ Reports, supra
o Preah Vihear Temple Case, ICJ Reports, supra
o Libya v. Chad, ICJ Reports 1994
o Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports 1951, p. 116
o Western Sahara Case, ICJ Reports, 1975
o El Salvador v. Honduras, with Nicaragua intervening, ICJ Reports,1992
o Clipperton Island Arbitration (France v. Mexico), 8 January 1931
2. UNCLOS
Cases:
a. Internal Waters
Military & Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), supra
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Company, supra
Magallona et.al. v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 187167, 16 July 2011
b. Territorial Sea
Arts. 27-32, UNCLOS
o "The Gulf of Sidra Incidents”, S Italian Yearbook of International Law
o Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports, 1951
o El Salvador v. Honduras, with Nicaragua intervening, ICJ Reports, 1992
o US v. California, 382 U.S. 448 (1966)
o US v. Louisiana, 382 U.S. 11 (1969)
c. Straits
Corfu Channel Case, supra
d. Archipelagos
Arts. 49, 52-53, UNCLOS
o Coquia, Analysis of the Archipelago Doctrine in the Law of the Sea, 8 PYIL 30
o Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949, supra
Cases on Jurisdiction:
o People v. Lol-lo & Saraw, 43 Phil. 19 (1922)
o Tubb v. Greiss, 78 Phil. 249 (1947)
o Haw Pia v. China Banking, 80 Phil. 604 (1948)
o Brownell v. Sunlife, 95 Phil. 228 (1954)
4. International Responsibility
Cases:
o Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, supra
o Rainbow Warrior Arbitration (Report)
o US Diplomatic & Consular Staff (US v. Iran), ICJ Reports, 1980
o Doe v. UNOCAL, 395 F.3d 932 (9th Circuit); 403 F.3d 708
o Chorzow Factory Case, supra
o Prosecutor v. Tadic, supra
o Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories
o Bosnia Case [Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)], February 26,
2007
o Trail Smelter Case
State Responsibility, Harris Casebook, 1994 & 2004 editions
1994 edition
o Union Bridge Company Claim (US v. Great Britain), 1924
o Youmans Claim (US v. Mexico), 1926
o Zafiro Claim (Great Britain v. US), 1925
o Bolivar Railway Company Claim (Great Britain v. Venezuela), 1903
2004 edition
o Neer Claim (US v. Mexico), 1926
o Starrett Housing Corp. v. Iran (Interlocutory Award) (US v. Iran), 1983
5. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Cases:
Definition of "treaty"
Abaya v. Sec. Ebdane, G.R. No. 167919, 14 February 2007
DBM v. Kolonwel Trading (consolidated cases), G.R. No. 175608, 8 June 2007
Suplico v. NEDA, G.R. No. 178830, 14 July 2008
CNMEG v. Hon. Santa Maria, G.R. No. 185572, 7 February 2012
Definition of "ratification"
Commissioner of Customs v. Eastern Sea Trading, G.R. No. L-14279, October 31, 1961
Bayan v. Zamora, G.R. No. 138570, October 10, 2000
Lim v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 151445, April 11, 2002
Pimentel v. Executive Secretary, G.R No. 158088, July 6, 2005
Akbayan v. Aquino, G.R. No. 170516, July 16, 2008
Salonga et. al. v. Smith et. al., G.R. No. 176051, February 11, 2009
Vinuya v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 162230, April 28, 2010
Bayan Muna v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 159618, February 1, 2011
Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), supra
6. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and Optional
Protocols
Cases:
o US Diplomatic & Consular Staff (US v. Iran), ICJ Reports, 1980
o Case Concerning Avena and other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. USA), 31 March 2004.
B. International Organizations
1. The UN Charter & The Use of Force
Arts. 2(3), 2(4), 24(1), 25, 23(1), 27(3), UN Charter
Higgins, Chapters 10, 14 & 15
Cases:
o Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), supra
o Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons, ICJ Reports, supra
o Legality of the Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. US), US 38 ILM 1199
o The Relationship between the UN Charter and General International Law Regarding Non-
use of Force: The Case of NATO's air campaign in the Kosovo crisis of 1999, Shinya
Murase
o The Caroline Case
o M.W. Reisman, "Assessing Claims to Revise the loss of War," 97 AJIL 82 at 87, 2003
o Case Concerning Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America),
December 12,1996
o Armed Activities on the Territory of Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda),
ICJ (2005)
o Re: Certain Expenses of the UN, supra
a. Applicable Law
Arts. 38 & 59, ICJ Statute
b. Jurisdiction
Art. 36(1), (2) & (3), ICJ Statute
c. Advisory Opinions
Cases on Jurisdiction:
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), supra
Lockerbie Case (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. USA) ICJ Reports, 1988
ELSI Case, ICJ Reports, 1989
South West Africa Cases, ICJ Reports, 1966
Nauru v. Australia, ICJ Reports, 1992
Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal v. Australia) ICJ Reports, 1995
Cases on Dispute:
Admissions Case (Conditions of Admission of a state to membership in the United
Nations), ICJ Reports, May 28,1948
Free Zones Case (Case of the Free Zones of Upper Savoy and the District of Gex), PCIJ
Ser. A/B. No. 45, June 7, 1932
Mavrommatis Case, supra
UN Headquarters Advisory Opinion (Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Sec.
21 of the UN Headquarters Agreement of June 26, 1947), ICJ Reports, April 26, 1988
C. The Individual
1. Human Rights (Report)
Cases:
Advisory Opinion on Legality of Nuclear Weapons; (WHO Request), ICJ Reports, 1996
Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal Decision on Tadic, 15 July 1999
Dizon v. Commanding General
Rasul v. Bush
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006)
Boumedienne v. Bush, 12 June 2008
Cases:
Texaco v. Libya, 17 ILM or 53 ILR 389, 1978
BP v. Libya, 53 ILR 2
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Company, 27 ILR 117
Chorzow Factory Case, supra
LIAMCO v. Libyan Arab Republic, 62 ILR 140
Starrett Housing Case, 4 Iran-US Claims Tribunal Reports
Kuwait v. Aminoil, 66 ILR 518
Sapphire Case, 3B ILR 136
a. When Lawful
Starrett Housing Case, 4 Iran-US Claims Tribunal Reports
Amoco Case (US v. Iran), 27 ILM 1314
Phillips Petroleum Company Iran, v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, and The National
Iranian Oil Co., 21 Iran-US Claims Tribunal Reports
b. WTO
Cases:
Tañada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, 2 May 1997
Amicus Curiae Memorandum of Ambassador Lilia Bautista in Tañada v. Angara,
supra