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• US Diplomatic & Consular Staff (US v. Iran), ICJ
3. Jurisdiction & Immunities
Cases on Jurisdiction:
• Brownwell v. Sunlife, 95 Phil 228
• People v. Lol-lo & Saraw, 43 Phil 19
• Tubb v. Greiss, 78 Phil 249
• Haw Pia v. China Banking, 80 Phil 604
• Northrail Case Decision
Cases on Sovereign Immunities:
• Dato Param Special Rapporteur Advisory Opinion ICJ
• ITLOS decision on Argentine Warship (Ara Libertad
case)
• Germany v. Italy (ICJ)
• Legal Opinion on the Taiwanese fishing boat shooting
case
• Ex Parte Pinochet, 38 ILM 581, March 1999
• Hilao v. Estate of Ferdinand Marcos, Judgment of Feb
1985 & Opinion/Order of November 1995
• Filartiga case
• JUSMAG Philippines v. NLRC, 239 SCRA 224
• USA v. Reyes, 219 SCRA 192
• Wylie v. Rarang, 209 SCRA 357
• WHO v. Aquino, 48 SCRA 242
• USA v. Ruiz, 136 SCRA 487
• Lyons Inc. v. USA, 104 Phil 593
• Minucher v. CA, 214 SCRA 242
• Holy See v. Rosario, 238 SCRA 524
• SEAFDEC v. Acosta, 226 SCRA 49
• ICMC v. Calleja
• Liang v. People, March 26, 2001
• Israel v. Eichmann, 1962
• Ker v. Illinois, December 6, 1886
• Machain v. Sosa
• Sosa v. Machain
• Hamdi case
• Iqbal case
• Ebrahim Case
• UNOCAL Case: Decision by the California Central
District Court
• Congo v. Belgium, ICJ Reports, February 14, 2002
• US v. Purganan (Mark Jimenez Cases) = 2 cases: SC &
MFR
4. International Responsibility
• Higgins, Chapter 9
• ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility, Harris
Casebook, 2004 edition
Cases:
• Corfu Channel Case, ICJ Reports, 1949
• Rainbow Warrior Arbitration (Report)
Reports, 1980
• DC Decision on UNOCAL
• Chorzow Factory Case, 1928 PCIJ Ser. A, No. 17
• State Responsibility, Harris Case book , 1994 & 2004
editions - 1994 edition
• Union Bridge Company Claim (US v. Great Britain),
1924
• Youmans Claim (US v. Mexico), 1926
• Zafiro Claim (Great Britain v. US), 1925
• Bolivar Railway Company Claim (Great Britain v.
Venezuela), 1903 / 2004 edition
• Neer Claim (US v. Mexico, 1926)
• Starrett Housing Corp. v. Iran (Interlocutory Award)
(US v. Iran), 1983
• 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
1. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
• Magallona on jus cogens and treaties
Cases:
Definition of “treaty”
• Abaya v. Sec. Ebdane, G.R. No. 167919, February 14,
2007
• DBM v. Kolonwel Trading; Vibal v. Kolonwel;
DEPED v. Kolonwel, June 8, 2007
• Northrail case decision
Definition of “ratification”
• Lim v. Exec. Sec., G.R. No. 151445. April 11, 2002
• Bayan v. Zamora, October 10, 2000
• Pimentel v. Exec. Sec
• Nicholas v. Romulo, G.R. No. 175888, Feb. 11, 2009
• EDCA Case
• 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), ICJ Reports, 1986
Change in circumstances
• Gabcikovo-Nagymaros case
2. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations;
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and
Optional Protocols
• Brownlie, Chapter 27
Cases:
• US Diplomatic & Consular Staff (US v. Iran), ICJ
Reports, 1980
• Case Concerning Avena and other Mexican Nationals
(Mexico v. USA), March 31, 2004
• Le Grand Case
A. International Organizations
1. The UN Charter & the Use of Force
 Arts. 2(3), 2(4), 24(1), 25, 23(1), 27(3), UN Charter
Cases:
• Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against
Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 1986
• Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons, ICJ
Reports, 1966
• Legality of the Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. US), 38
ILM 1199
• The Caroline Case
• Case Concerning Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of
Iran v. United States of America), December 12, 1996
2. International Court of Justice
• Arts. 92, 93, 94, 96, UN Charter
• Arts. 1, 34(1), 35(1), ICJ Statute
• Bagares, Chapter 4
a. Applicable Law
• Arts. 38 & 59, ICJ Statute
• The Security Council under Chapter VII of the UN
Charter: Problems under the Rule of law, H. Harry L.
Roque, Jr.
b. Jurisdiction
• Art. 36(1), (2) & (3), ICJ Statute
February 26, 2007
• Lockerbie Case (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. USA), ICJ
Reports, 1988
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
• Marvrommatis Case, PCIJ Ser. A, No. 2, 1924
• 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
Cases on Advisory Opinions:
• Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in
Armed Conflict (WHO Request), ICJ Reports, 1996
• Monetary Gold Case (Monetary Gold Removed from
Rome in 1943 (Italy v. France, UK of Great Britain &
Northern Ireland, & the USA)), ICJ Reports, June 15,
1954
• Certain Expenses of the UN, ICJ Reports, 1962
• Western Sahara Case, ICJ Reports, 1975
• Botswana v. Namibia (Case Concerning
kasikili/Sedudu Island), ICJ Reports, 1999
• Status of Eastern Carelia (Finland v. Russia), PCIJ Ser.
B, No. 5, July 23, 1923
• Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the
Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories

Cases on Jurisdiction:

• Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against

Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. US), ICJ Reports, 1986
• 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 Provisional Measures:

• Bosnia Case (Application of the Convention on the

Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)),