Mrs. W supplies the Philippine National Police (PNP) with uniforms every year. Last month, he and two (2) other officers of the PNP conspired to execute a “ghost purchase”, covered by five (5) checks amounting to ₱200,000.00 each, or a total of ₱1,000,000.00. An investigating committee within the PNP, which was constituted to look into…
The Humanitarian Services Society (HSS), an international non-government organization, assisted the displaced families of Tribe X who had to flee their home country in order to escape the systematic persecution conducted against them by their country’s ruling regime based on their cultural and religious beliefs. Fearing for their lives, some of these displaced families, with…
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), what are the rights of the Philippines within the following areas: (a) Contiguous zone (2%) (b) Exclusive economic zone (2%) Suggested Answer: (a) Within the contiguous zone, the Philippines have the following rights: 1) Prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary…
Define the following terms: (a) Jus cogens (2%) (b) Principle of double criminality (2%) (c) Act of State doctrine (2%) (d) Precautionary principle (2%) Suggested Answer: (a) Jus cogens (literally, “compelling law”) – refers to norms that command peremptory authority, superseding conflicting treaties and custom. Jus cogens norms are considered peremptory in the sense that…