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PART IV
Article 28 1. There shall be established a Human Rights Committee (hereafter referred to in the ...
PART III
Article 6 1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protect...
PART II
Article 2 1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure ...
PART I
Article 1 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right the...
Preamble
The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles ...
United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007 [without reference to a Main...
DISSENTING OPINION
LOPEZ, J.:This case stemmed from an Information dated May 27, 2005, charging Diosdado Sama ...
SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION
ZALAMEDA, J.:Petitioners are before this Court seeking their acquittal from the offense punished ...
SEPARATE OPINION
CAGUIOA, J.:The factual backdrop of the case is simple and quite straightforward: petitioners,...
V
There are at least six provisions in the 1987 Constitution which protect the rights of indi...
SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:I concur in the result. Petitioners Diosdado Sama y Hinupas and Bandy Masan...
DISSENTING OPINION
PERALTA, C.J.:The facts of the case are simple. Petitioners were charged with violation of Secti...
Disposition
ACCORDINGLY, the petition is GRANTED. The Decision dated May 29, 2015 and Resolution dated April ...
CHAPTER III Rights to Ancestral Domains
SECTION 7. Rights to Ancestral Domains. — The rights of ownership and possession of ICCs/IPs t...
ii. Spectrum of IP rights
Conceptually, IP rights fall along a spectrum, the cornerstone of which is their degree of connec...
i. Constitutional basis of IP rights
Ha Data Tawahig v. Lapinid[70] explains the expansive breadth of the legal recognition of IP r...
Ruling
We acquit.Section 2 of Rule 133 of the Rules of Court defines the standard of proof beyond rea...
Issues
Is there evidence beyond reasonable doubt, first, of petitioners' ethnicity as Iraya-Mangyan IPs,...
The Present Petition
Petitioners now seek affirmative relief from the Court, reiterating their plea for acquittal.[25]...
The Court of Appeals' Ruling
In its Decision[23] dated May 29, 2015, the Court of Appeals affirmed. It focused on the failure ...