ARELLANO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Atty. Roberto A. Demigillo
\FIRST SEMESTER 2016
TEXTBOOK INTRODUCTION TO PIL, FR. JOAQUIN BERNAS, S.J.
TOPICS/ READINGS

CASES/ WORDS AND PHRASES

I. The Nature of International Law

a. Brief history of Public International
Law
b. Definition of International
c. Functions of International Law
d. Foundations of International Law
e. Theories About International Law
f. Basis of International Law/Schools or
Theories in the Study of International
Law
g. Theories as to the Basis
of International Law
h. Two Main Branches of International
Law
i. Branches of International Law
j. General Classifications of
Public International Law
k. Public International Law vs
Private International Law
l. Is International Law a True Law?
m. Classification of International Law

II. The Sources of International

Law

Yamashita v. Styer, 75 Phil 563

Kookooritchkin v. Solicitor General, 81 Phil 435
Military & Paramilitary Activities in and against
Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 1986
North Sea Continental Shelf Case, ICJ Reports,
1969
South West Africa Case (2nd Phase), ICJ Reports,
1966
Asylum Case, ICJ Reports, 1950
Nuclear Test Cases, ICJ Reports:
-New Zealand v. France, 1974
-Australia v. France, 1974
-Request for an examination of the
situation in accordance with par. 63 of the
courts judgment of the 20 December
1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand
v. France) Case, 1995

 Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear

Weapons, ICJ Reports, 1996
Paquete Habana, 175 US 677, 1900
PreahVihear Temple Case, ICJ Reports, 1962
Case Concerning Right of Passage over Indian
Territory (Portugal v. India)
Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949
Chorzow Factory Case, 1928 PCIJ Ser. A, No. 17
Barcelona Traction, Light & Power Company
Case, ICJ Reports, 1970
Texaco v. Libya, 17 ILM or 53 ILR 389, 1978
BP v. Libya, 53 ILR 297
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil Company,
27 ILR 117

III. The Law of Treaties

USAFFE Veteran v Treasurer of the

Philippines, 105 Phil 10302)
Case concerning Rights of US Nationals in
Morocco (1952) ICJ Rep 242)
Commissioner of Customs v EasternTrading, 3
SCRA 351
Altman Co. v US 224 US 263 (1942)
North Atlantic Doast Fisheries Arbitration
Concerning Treaty of Ghent. II U.N. Rep Intl
Arb Awards 188 ; II Y.B. Intl L.Comm 211
Abaya v. Sec. Ebdane, G.R. No. 167919,
February 14, 2007
DBM v. Kolonwel Trading; Vibal v. Kolonwel;
DEPED v. Kolonwel, June 8, 2007
Lim v. Exec. Sec., G.R. No. 151445. April 11,
2002
Bayan v. Zamora, October 10, 2000
Pimentel v. Exec. Sec.
Salonga Petition on the VFA, January 22, 2007
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and
against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ
Reports, 1986
Advisory Opinion on Namibia (1972)
Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the
ICAO Council (India v. Pakistan)(1972)
Fisheries Jurisdiction (United Kingdom v.
Iceland)(1973)
Gabcikovo-Nagymaros
Project
(Hungary/Slovakia) (1997)
Techt v. Hughes
In the Treatment of Polish Nationals v Danzig
PCIJ ser. AB no. 44 at 24 (193
The Tacna-Arica Arbitration (Chile v Peru) 2
U.N. Re. Intl Arb. Awards. 921 (1925)

Terms/ Words

4. International Law and Municipal

Law

Act; Final Act; Protocol de cloture

Agreement, Arrangement or accord
Compromisdarbitrage
Concordat
Convention
Covenant
Declaration
Exchange of notes
Exchange of agreement
Modus vivendi
Pact
Protocol
Statute
Charter
Cartel
General Act
Gentlemens agreement
Memoire or memorandum
Note verbale
Pactum de contrahendo
Proces verbal
Proposal
Punctationes
Resume
Sponsion sub sperati

Exchange of Greece and Turkish Population

Case, Advisory Opinion, PCIJ (1925)
Brazilian Loans Case, (France v Brazil, PCIA
(1929)
Mejoff v Director of Prisons, 90 Phil 70
Kuroda v Jalandoni, 83 Phil 171
Agustin v Edu, 88 SCRA 195
J.B.:. Reyes v Bagatsing, GR No. 65366, Oct
25, 1983
Raquiza v Bradford 75 Phil 50
Baer v Tizon, 57 SCRA 1
Tanada v Angara G.R. No. 118295 May 2,
1997
Kilosbayan v Morato
Manila Prince Hotel v GSIS GR 122156 Feb 3,
1997
Reid v Covert 354 U.S. 1
Head Money Cases (Eyde v Robertson) 112
U.S. 580

V. Subjects of International Law :

States
VI. Other Subjects of International
Law
Readings/ References/ Documents
Montevideo Convention of 1933 on Rights
and Duties of States
Declaratory theory
Constitutive Theory
1970 Declaration on Principles of
International Friendly Relations and
Cooperation Among States
General Convention on the Privileges and
Immunities of the United Nations (1946)
Convention and Privileges of Specialized
Agencies
1949 Geneva Convention
Protocol I
1977 Protocol II
Common Article 3
Material field of Application
Covenant on Civil and Political rights and 2
Protocols
Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural
rights
Philippine Commission on Human rights
Wilson Doctrine

Whitney v Robertson, 124 U.S. 190

In Re Garcia , 2 SCRA 984
Philip Morris v CA, 234 SCRA 576
Case concerning Certain German Interests in
Poland under Siberia, PCIJ ser. A. no.
Free Zones Cases PCIJ ser A. no. 24
Treatment of Polish Nationals in Danzig,
Advisory Opinion,PCIJ ser A/23 no. 44 at 24
Peter Pazmary University Case PCIJ ser A/B
no. 61, p243
Minority Schools of Albania, PCIJ ser. A/B no
64

Terms/ Doctrines
Dualism
Monism
Doctrine of Incorporation
Doctrine of Transformation

Reparation Case [1949] ICJ Report

US v Dorr 2 Phil 332
Bacani v Nacoco, 100 Phil 468
Disomangcop v Datumanong 444 SCRA 204

Tinoco Arbitration; Great Britain v Costa Rica

(1923)
Clipperton Island Arbitration 1931
Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v
Alhambra Cigar, 249 US 72 (1919)
Chicago Rock Island etcR.Co. v McGlinn
(1885) 114 US 542
People v Lol lo 43 Phil 19
Upright v Mercury Business Machines Co. 13
A.D. 2d 36, 213 N.Y.S. 2d. 417
Island of Las Palmas Arbitration [1928]
International Catholic Migration Commission
v CallejaGR No. 85750 September 28, 1990
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
v Acosta; Lasco v United Nations Revolving
Fund for Natural Resources Exploration GR
Nos 109095 and 1091097, February 23, 1995
Department of Foreign Affairs v NLRB GR
No. 113191 Sept 18, 1996
World Health Organization v Aquino GR No.
L 35131 Nov 29, 1972
Jeffrey Liang v People. GR No 125865 March
26, 2001
Ricaud v American Metral C. 246 US 304

Tobar Doctrine
Restatement on the Foreign Relations Law
of the United States
Roland Rich, Recognition of States: The
Collapse of Yugoslavia and the Soviet
Union, 4 EUR. J IntL No. 1 (1993)
Five Principles of Co-existence by India and
China
1970 Declaration on Principles of
International Law Friendly Relations and
Cooperation Among States
Advisory Opinion on the Use of Nuclear
Weapons (1996)
Article 105 of the UN Charter
1977 Protocol II to the 1949 Geneva
Conventions of 12 August 1949
First Protocol of the 1977 Geneva
Convention
Antonio Cassese International Law 85
Oxford University Press 2001

VII. Territory : Land, Air and Outer

Space

Antartic Treaty of 1959

Arctic Sector Theory

Soviet Union v Luxumborg and Saan Co,

Luxumber Commercial Tribunial 1935
United States v. Pink 315 US 203
Wufsohn v Russia Socialists Federated Soviet
Republic, US Circuit of Appeals, 234 N.Y. 372
(1923)
Luther v James Sugar & Co. Great Britaiin,
Court of Appeals 1921
US v Belmont , 301 U.S. 324
Banco Nacional de Cuba v Sabbatino, 376
U.S. 398
The Pena, 277 F. 91
Russian Republic v Cibrario 235 N.Y. 2
Mingtai Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v United
Parcel Service, US 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals, 98-15088 (1999)
Eichmann case (Atty General of Israel v
Eichmann) 36 Intl L. Rep. 5 Israel,Dist. Ct.
Jerusalem, 1961
Co Kim Cham v Valdez Tan Keh, 75 Phil 371
Underhill v Hernandez, 168 U.S. 250
Ford v Surget 97 U.S. 504
Alcantara v Director of Prisons 75 Phil 494
(1945)\
Republic v Sandiganbayan GR No. 104768,
July 21, 2003
Etormo v Ravelo, 78 Phil. 145
Notor v Martinez, 84 Phil 300
Montebon v Director of Prisons 78 Phil 427
Haw Pia v China Banking Corp. 80 Phil 604
Oetjen v Central Leather Co. 246 U.S. 297
Ex Parte Quirin 317 U.S. 1
Ferdinand Marcos v Raul Manglapus, 178
SCRA 760
Oriental Navigation Co. Claim (1928 Mexico
v U.S. General Claim
Commission 4 U.N.
Rep. Intl Arb Awards 341 (1928)
Trial of the Major War Criminals before Intl
Military Tribunal, 14 November 1945, 1
October 1949 p. 108

Western Sahara Case (Advisory Opinion ICJ

Island of Las Palmas Perm Ct Arb. 19928 Eastern Greenland Case PCIJ 1933
Anglo Norwegian Fisheries Case (UK v
Norway) ICJ 1959
Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania 1949 ICJ
Rep

Roman law Principle of Qui dominusest

soli estcoeli et infernorum
Common law maxim cujusestsolum,
ejusestusque et coelum
Outer Space Treaty (1967)
International Telecommunications Union
Convention
Moon Treaty
Chicago Convention on International Civil
Action
1967 Treaty on the Exploration and Use of
Outer Space

Saudi Arabia v Aramco, (Arbitration ) 1963

Nicaragua v US, Merits (1986) ICJ Rep
The I am Alone 29 AJIL 326
Island of Las Palmas Case (US v.
Netherlands), 2 RIAA 829
SS Lotus Case, PCIJ Ser. A, No. 10
Lassitzyn AJIL 47 (1953) 559
Minquiers&Ecrehos Case, ICJ Reports, 19
Case Concerning Sovereignty Over
PulauLigitan and PulauSipadan
(Indonesia/Malaysia)
Eritrea-Yemen Arbitration, ICJ Reports, 1998

o Map Cases:

PreahVihear Temple Case, ICJ Reports, 1962

Frontier Dispute Case (Burkina Faso v. Mali),
ICJ Reports, 1986
Libya v. Chad, ICJ Reports 1994
Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports,
1951
Western Sahara Case, ICJ Reports, 1975
El Salvador v. Honduras, with Nicaragua
intervening, ICJ Reports,199
Clipperton Island Arbitration (France v.
Mexico), January 28, 1931

Foreign words and phrases/ Rules/ Treaties

Terra nullius
Usque ad coelom
Res communis
Discovery and occupation
Prescription
Cession
Conquest and annexation
Accretion and Avulsion
Contiguity
Intertemporal law

Cabotage
Modes of acquiring territory

VIII. Territory : Law of the Sea

Readings

International Convention on the Law of the

Sea (UNCLOS), ILM 21, 1982
Agreement Relating to the Implementation
of Part XI of the UNCLOS, ILM 33, 1994
Agreement for the Implementation of the
Provisions of the UNCLOS Relating to the
Conservation & Management of Straddling
Fish Stocks & Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
RA 3046
RA 5446
Civil Liability Convention of 1969
International Fund Convention of 1971
TOVALOP
CRISTAL
1984 Protocols to CLC & FC Conventions
1992 CLC & FC
TOVALOP Supplement of 1994
Crystal 1992

PCA Case N 2013-19IN THE MATTER OF THE

SOUTH CHINA SEA ARBITRATION- before -AN
ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL CONSTITUTED UNDER
ANNEX VII TO THE1982 UNITED NATIONS
CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA
between
-THE
REPUBLIC
OF
THE
PHILIPPINES and -THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC
OF CHINA Permanent Court of Arbitration

12 July 2016

a. Internal Waters
Military & Paramilitary Activities in and
against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ
Reports, 1986
Saudi Arabia v. Arabian American Oil
Company, 27 ILR 117
b. Territorial Sea
Arts. 27-32, UNCLOS
The Gulf of Sidra Incidents, 5 Italian Yearbook
of International Law
Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case, ICJ Reports,
1951
El Salvador v. Honduras, with Nicaragua
Intervening, ICJ Reports, 1992
US v. California, 382 US, 1966
US v. Louisiana, 382 US 11, 1969
c. Straits
Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949
d. Archipelagos
e. The Contiguous Zone
f. The Continental Shelf
North Sea Continental Shelf Case, ICJ
Reports, 1969
Libya v. Malta, ICJ Reports, 1985
Tunisia v. Libya, ICJ Reports, 1982
Guinea v. Guinea Bissau, ILR 77, 1985
Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Greece v.
Turkey), ICJ Reports, 1978
Anglo-French, ICJ Reports, 1979
Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation in the
area between Greenland and Jan Mayen
(Denmark v. Norway), 1993
Canada & France, St. Pierre
g. The Exclusive Economic Zone
Spain v. Canada (facts only), ICJ Reports,
1966
M/V Saiga (St. Vincent & Grenadines v.
Guinea), ITLOS Judgment, July 1, 1999
Camouco Case (Panama v. France), Judgment,
7 Feb 2000,

h. Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries

Gulf of Maine Case (Canada v.

US), ICJ Reports, 1994

Settlement of Fisheries Disputes

in Exclusive Economic Zone, 73 Am. J. Intl, 89

(1979)
i. The High Seas
Lauritzen v Larsen, 345 US 571, 585 (1953)

j. Conservation & Management of Living

Resources of the High Seas

South
ern Blue Fin Tuna Cases (NZ & Australia v.
Japan), Order on Request for Provisional
Measures, ITLOS Order, August 27, 1999
k. Right of Land-Locked States to & from the
Sea
l. International Seabed Area
n. Navigation
o. Marine Pollution
p. Settlement of Disputes
q. Peaceful Use of the Oceans
r. Archaeological & Historical Objects
s. Criminal and civil jurisdiction over foreign
vessels

Wildenhaus Case 120 US 1 (1887)

Schooner Exchange v Macfaddon 7 Cranch
116 (1812)
Cunard v Mellon, 262 US 100 (1923)
People v Wong Cheng, 46 Phil 729 (1922)
US v Look Chow, 18 Phil 573
US v Bull 15 Phil 7 (1910)
Chumney v Nixon, 615 F.2d 389 (1980)
Georges Triandafilou v Ministri Public 39 Am.
J. Intl. 345 (1945)
MelevoMarwel v Ministri Public, 39 Am. J.
Intl 345
People v Tulin, 364 SCRA 10 (2001),
Nuclear Test Case (New Zealand v France ICJ
Rep 457

Words/ terms

Terra nullius
Usque ad coelum
Res communis
Cannon shot rule
Three mile rule
Twelve mile rule
Right of Innocent Passage
Exclusive economic Zone or patrimonial sea

IX. Jurisdiction of State

High seas and six freedoms

Hot pursuit
Mutatis mutandi
Flag of convenience or
Flag State
Principle of Genuine Link
Moratorium Resolution
The Enterprise
Parallel System in seabed mining

X. Immunity from Jurisdiction

Brownwellv. Sunlife, 95 Phil 228

People v. Lol-lo &Saraw, 43 Phil 19
Tubbv. Greiss, 78 Phil 249
Haw Pia v. China Banking, 80 Phil 604
Trail Smelter Arbitration: US v Canada (1938-41)
The Lotus Case: France v Turket PCIJ 1927
People v Wong Cheng, 46 Phil 729
Blackmer v United States 284 U.S. 421
Nottebohm Case: Liechtenstein v Guatemala ICJ
1955
United States v Yunis 681 F.Supp. 896
Joyce v Director of Public Prosecutions, House of
Lord 1946
FilartigavPena-Irala 630 F.2d 876 (1980)
Attorney General of Israel v. Eichmann 36 Intl L.
Rep 5 1961
Eichmann v Attorney of Israel Supreme Court
of Israel, 136 ILR 277
U.S. v Alvarez Machain 504 U.S. 655
Secretary of Justice v Lantion, October 17, 2000
Rodriguez v Judge G.R. 157977 Feb. 27, 2006
Govt of Hongkong v Olalia, GR 153675 April 19,
2007

Mighell v Sultan of Johore, 1 QB 148

JUSMAG Philippines v. NLRC, 239 SCRA
224
USA v. Reyes, 219 SCRA 192
Wylie v. Rarang, 209 SCRA 357
USA v. Ruiz, 136 SCRA 487
WHO v. Aquino, 48 SCRA 242
Lyons Inc. v. USA, 104 Phil 593
Dralle v Republic Czechoslovakia; Supreme
Court Austria
Minucher v. CA, 214 SCRA 242

XI. State Responsibility

Readings
Harvard Draft Convention on the
Responsibility of States for Damages
Articles on Responsibility of States for
Internationally Wrongful Acts
Archaga, International Responsibility,
Manual of Public International Law, ed. By
Sorensen, p. 531
Garcia Amador, Report on State
Responsibilit (1956) II Y B, Intl L.
Commission
Sohn& Baxter, Responsibility of State for
Injuries to Economic Interests of Aliens 55
Am Jur, Intl L. 544
Lauterpacht, Allegiance, Diplomatic
Protection & Criminal Jurisdiction over
Aliens
Mann, State Contracts & State
Responsibility, 54 Am Jur. Intl. L. 572

Holy See v. Rosario, 238 SCRA 524

Regina v Bartle and Commissioner of Police
24 March 1999 House of Lords
Ex Parte Pinochet, 38 ILM 581, March 1999
The Schooner Exchange v Macfaddon 11
US116
Ker v. Illinois, December 6, 1886
Machain v. Sosa
Republic of Indonesia v Vinzon, G.R. 154705
June 26, 2003
Ebrahim Case
UNOCAL Case: Decision by the California
Central District Court
Congo v. Belgium, ICJ Reports, February 14,
2002
US Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Iran Case
(US v Tehran ICJ Rep 1980 3
Flowers v. Clinton
Teotico v. Governor General
Underhill v Hernandez; 168 US 250
Banco Nacional de Cuba v Sabbitino 378 US
398 , 424
Alfred Dunhill v Cuba, 425 US 682
Kirkpatrick v Environmental Tectonic Corp.
493 US 400, 410

Belgium v Spain, (1970) ICJ Rep. Barcelona

Traction Case
U.S. v Mexico, 4 RIAA (19926) Neer Claim
France v Mexico, (1929) Caire Claim UK v Albania, Corfu Channel Case, (1949)
ICJ Rep
Nicaragua v U.S. (1986) ICJ Rep
U.S. v Iran (1980) ICJ Rep
Home Missionary Society Claim, U.S. b Great
Britain
Short v Iran ; U.S. v Iran
Chorgow Factory Case, Germany v Poland
PCIJ
North American Dredgin Company Claim
(1926)
Chinese Flour Importers Assn. v Price
Stabilization Board 89 Phil 439
People v Chan Fook 42 Phil 230
Kwong Sing v City of Manila 41 Phil 103
Youmans Case, U.S. v United Mexican State,
1926
U.S. v Panama , 6 United Rep, Intl Arb
Awards, 308
Texas Cattle Case ; American Mexican Claims
Com. 1948

Germany v U.S. ICJ June 23, 2001, Le grand

Case
Boffolo Claim, Italy v. Venezuela, 10 UN Rep
Intl Arb Awards, 528 (1938)
Polgrave Browns Case 8 Whitman , p. 854
Anglo Iranian Case ; UK v Iran, ICJ Rep 23,
(1952)
Goldberg Case, Germany v Romania, 2 UN
Rep Intl Arb awards, 234 (1908)
Borovsky v Com of Immigration, 90 Phil 107
Li Sen Giap v Director of Lands, 59 Phil 687
Radick v Hutchins 95 US 210
U.S. v Guatemala, Shufeldt Claim, 1930, 5
Hackworth, p 4852 UN Rep Arb Awards. 1079
Sambiaggo Case, (Italy v Venezuela)
Venezuela Arbitration of 1903,, p 666
Bolivar Railway Co. v Ralston, Venezuela Arb,
of 1903, p 388,
U.S.v Great Britain, US GB Claims Arb
1920 (Neilsen Report)
Rosa Gelbtrunk Claim, US v El Salvador, Arb
Tribunal, 1902,
French Co. of Venezuela Railroad Case, 10
UN Rep Intl Arb awards, 285
Kummerov Case , 10 UN Rep Intl arb Award,
361
Dix Case, 9 UN Rep Intl Arb awards, 119
Ambatielos Case; Greece v UK, ICJ Rep, 28,
952
Estonia v Lithuania, PCIJ
Rhodore Forest Claim 3 UN Rep Intl arb
Awards 1406
Finish Shipowners Claim 3 UN Rep Intl arb
awards, 1484
Robert E. Brown Case 6 UN Rep Intl Arb
Awards 120
Debenture Holders pf San Marco Co. 1931, 5
UN Rep Intl Arb Awards, 191
PanevetzusSaldutiskis Railway, PCIJ ser. A/B
no. 76 at 16 (1939)
Mavrommatic Palestine Concessions PCIJ ser
A.no 2 at 12 (19240

Words and phrases/ Doctrines/ Rules

Diplomatic protection
Effective national link
Doctrine of effective link
Standards for protection of aliens
Doctrine of national treatment or equality of
treatment
Minimum international standard
Doctrine on state responsibility

Drago doctrine
Internationally wrongful act ; elements,
subjective and objective; characterization
Acts of state organs
Acts of other persons
Acts of revolutionaries
Preliminary objections;
Reparations
Expropriation

XII. International Human Rights Law

Read

Ambrosini v Uruguay, (R. 1/15) HRC 34, 124

Marcos v Manglapus, G.R.88211, September
15, 1989
Ex Parte Quirin (1942 317 U.S. 1)
Manotoc v CA, 142 SCRA 149

Switzerland v US (1959) ICJ Rep, Interhandel

Case
Aerial Incidence Case, US v Bulgaria, ICJ
1959
Israel v Bulgaria, 1959, ICJ Rep 127
Nicaragua v US, ICJ 1984
Case concerning Est Timor, Portugal v

United Nation Charter

Universal Declaration of Human rights

Covenant on Civil and Political rights

Covenant on Economic and Social and

Cultural rights
Association of Service Exporters v Drilon, 163
Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil
SCRA 386
and Political Rights
Sieghart, International Law on Human rights, Silverio v CA, 195 SCRA 760
171 (1983)
Fernando Volio, Legal Personality, Privacy
Words and phrases/ Rules
and the Family,
Nullemcrimen sine lege
Louis Sohn, The Rights of Minorities,
nullapoena sine lege
Antonio Cassese, The Self Determination of
Dispute
Peoples
John Humphrey, Political and Related rights Non-judicial, quasi-judicial and judicial
methods
1948 Genocide Convention

Contentious jurisdiction; advisory jurisdiction

1966 Convention on Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination
of ICJ
1979 Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women
1984 Convention against Torture and other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child
1990 Convention on Migrant Workers
Oppenheim, International Law
Kelsen, Principles of International Law

XIII.
Peaceful
Settlement
International Disputes

Readings

of

Convention on the Recognition and

Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

B.S. Murty, Settlement of Disputes

Admission of State to UN, advisory Opinon,

(1948), ICJ Rep 57

Binding Advisory opinion of the ICJ, 85

AJIL 439 (1991)
UN Convention on the Law of the Seas

Australia, ICJ 1995

Monetary Gold Removes from Rome in 1943,
ICJ Rep, 1954, p 32
El Salvador v Honduras, 1992, ICJ Rep
Mavromamatis Palestine Concessions Case
PCIJ ser A no. 2, at 11 (1924)
Trail Smelter Arbitration (US v Canada 3 U.N.
Rep 1906 (195)
Orinoco Steamship Company Case, PCArb
(1910), U.N. Rep Intl Arb Awards.
Minorities School in Upper Silesia PCIJ ser. A
No. 15 at 22 (1928)
Interpretation of Peace Treaties, (1950) ICJ
Rep 65
Case concerning Boarder and Transborder
Armed Actions,
Nicaragua v Honduras, ICJ Rep 1988
Case concerning the Temple of PreaahVihear
(Cambodia v Thailand) 1961 ICJ Rep 17
Electricity Company of Sofia (1939) PCIJ ser
A/B no.77 at 82
Right of passage over Indian Territory, (1957)
ICJ Rep 125
Haya de la Torre Case (1951) ICJ Rep 21
German interest in Polish Upper Silesia PCIJ
ser A no. 6 at 18
Norway Loans case (1952) ICP Rep 28
South West Africa cases (1962) ICJ rep 319
Advisory opinion of Reparation for injuries
suffered in the service of the UN 1975 ICJ Rep
12

XIV. The Use of Force short of War

Readings/ References
On Use of Force (DISCUSS)
UN Charter, Article 2, paragraph 4
UN Charter, Article 51
UN Charter, Article 42
Bruno Simma, NATO, The UN and the Use
of Force; Legal aspects, 10 EUR, J Intl, No
1
Antonio Cassese, Are we moving towards
International Legitimation of Forcible
Humanitarian Counter measures in the Worl
Community, 10 EUR J Intl. L. No. 1
Fenwick, The Quarantine Against Cuba;
Legal or Illegal , 57 Am J. Intl. L. 597
(1963)

Corfu Channel Case (1949) ICP Rep

Nicaragua v US, (1986) ICJ Rep
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear
Weapons(1996) ICJ Rep

Words and phrases/ Rules, Concepts,

Principles
Self Help
Conditions of necessity and proportionality in
resortto Self Defence under Art 51
Exception to rule prohibiting force
Concept of Armed attack
Anticipatory self defense
Self Help measures

Richard Falk, The Future for the UN

Charter System of War Prevention, 97 Am.
J. Intl Law. 590 (2003)
ARMED CONFLICTS AND THE USE OF
FORCE Josef Mrzek

Severance of diplomatic relations

Retorsion
Reprisal
Embargo ; types; arret de prince; jus angariae
Boycott
Non-intercourse
Pacific blockade and hostile blockade
Intervention

Prize Cases 2 Bl. 635 (U.S. 1863)

The Naulilaa Incident (Portugal Germany,
Arbitral decision July 31, 1982
UN Reports of International Arbitral awards,
(1949)
Filipinas Compania de Seguros v Christern
Huenefeld 7 Co. Inc. 89 Phil 54

XV. The Law of War (International

Humanitarian Law)

Readings
A Memory of Soferion, Henry Dunant
1864 Geneva Convention
Hague Convention I (1899) and II (1907)
Covenant of the League of Nations (1919)
Kellog-Briand Pact for the Renunciation of
War (1928)
1949 Geneva Conventions I Wounded
and Sick in the Field; II Wounded, sick
and shipwrecked at Sea; III Prisoners of
War; IV Civilians..
Protocol 1 to the 1949 Geneva Convention
Declaration of St. Petersburg
L.C. Green, The Contemporary Law of
Armed Conflict (1993)
Protocol II AdditIonal to the 1949 Geneva
Conventions (Humanitarian Law)
Draft International Convention for the
Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism ,
Dec. 9, 1999 definition of Terrorism
Baldrich , Jurisdiction of the International
Criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,
90 AJIL 64 (1991)

Words/ Phrases

Protection of Nationals abroad

Humanitarian Intervention
Jus ad bellum and Jus in bello
International armed conflict
Hors de combat ; Basic rules of International
Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts
Neutrality
Non International Conflicts - a) Civil Wars; b)
Common Article 3
International Terrorism
War; act of war; state of war
Aggression defined in UN General Assembly
Resolution 33-14
Invasion or attack
Bombardment
Blockade of ports or coasts
Use of armed forces
Allowing use of territory against 3rd state
Sending armed groups or mercenaries
Genocide; types or acts of genocide
Mercenaries ; defined in Protocol I , Article 47
of Geneva Convention
Crimes against Humanity
War Crimes Article 8 of ICC Statutes
Principle of State Consent

16. International Environmental Law

Readings

Oposa v Factoran Jr. 224 SCRA 792

Laguna Lake Development Authority v
Court of Appeals, 231 SCRA 292 (1994)
MMDA v Residents of Manila Bay, GR Nos
171947-48, December 18, 2008
Social Justice Society v Atienza, GR 156052,
Feb 13, 2008
Danube Dam Case ICJ Rep 1997
Trail Smelter Arbitration Case (US v Canada,
3 U.N. Rep. 1906
Nuclear Test Cases, ICJ Reports (New Zealand
v France, 1974) Australia v France, 19
Sierra Club v Morton 405 US 727 (1972)

Tanada v Angara GR 118295, May 2, 1997

Objectives of the Bretton Woods Conference

1944
International Monetary Fund (IMF) function
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (World Bank) function
International Trade Organization function
General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
(GATT) function
World Trade Organization(WTO) function
Havana Charter
Uruguay Round of 1994
Marakesh Ministerial meeting 1994
Key Principles of International Trade Law
Agreed Tariff levels
Most favored nation principle
Principle of national treatment
Principle of tariffication
Exception to the Key Principles of
International Trade Law
Dispute Resolution Body (DSB)
Understanding on Rules and Procedures

Stockholm Declaration of 1972 ; Principles

1 to 26
Rio Declaration of 1992 ; Principles 1 to 27
1982 Law of the Sea Articles 192-194
Framework Convention on Climate Change
Vienna Convention for the Protection of
Ozone Layer of 1985
United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development 1992
Kyoto Protocol 1999,
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora, 1973
Convention on Biological Diversity 1992
Treaty of Rome of 1957
1994 North American Agreement on
Environmental Cooperation
1991 Protocol on environmental Protection
to the Antartic Treaty of 1992
Amazon Declaration 1989

XVII. International Economic Law

PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC LAW, AND THE RIGHT TO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, VIS--VIS THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT by Uba SF Nnabue, Nigeria
Principles of International Economic Law
By Matthias Herdegen, Oxfod Univ.

Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)

(1994)