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PART IV

Human Rights Instruments Core Instrumen...

Article 28 1. There shall be established a Human Rights Committee (hereafter referred to in the ...

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PART III

Human Rights Instruments Core Instrumen...

    Article 6 1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protect...

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PART II

Human Rights Instruments Core Instrumen...

    Article 2 1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure ...

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PART I

Human Rights Instruments Core Instrumen...

    Article 1 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right the...

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Preamble

Human Rights Instruments Core Instrumen...

The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles ...

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United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples

UNDRIP

Resolution adopted by the  General Assembly on 13 September 2007 [without reference to a Main...

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DISSENTING OPINION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

    LOPEZ, J.:This case stemmed from an Information dated May 27, 2005, charging Diosdado Sama ...

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SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

ZALAMEDA, J.:Petitioners are before this Court seeking their acquittal from the offense punished ...

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SEPARATE OPINION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

  CAGUIOA, J.:The factual backdrop of the case is simple and quite straightforward: petitioners,...

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V

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

    There are at least six provisions in the 1987 Constitution which protect the rights of indi...

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SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

  PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:I concur in the result. Petitioners Diosdado Sama y Hinupas and Bandy Masan...

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DISSENTING OPINION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

PERALTA, C.J.:The facts of the case are simple.  Petitioners were charged with violation of Secti...

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Disposition

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

ACCORDINGLY, the petition is GRANTED. The Decision dated May 29, 2015 and Resolution dated April ...

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CHAPTER III Rights to Ancestral Domains

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

  SECTION 7. Rights to Ancestral Domains. — The rights of ownership and possession of ICCs/IPs t...

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ii. Spectrum of IP rights

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

Conceptually, IP rights fall along a spectrum, the cornerstone of which is their degree of connec...

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i. Constitutional basis of IP rights

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

  Ha Data Tawahig v. Lapinid[70] explains the expansive breadth of the legal recognition of IP r...

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Ruling

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

  We acquit.Section 2 of Rule 133 of the Rules of Court defines the standard of proof beyond rea...

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Issues

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

Is there evidence beyond reasonable doubt, first, of petitioners' ethnicity as Iraya-Mangyan IPs,...

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The Present Petition

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

Petitioners now seek affirmative relief from the Court, reiterating their plea for acquittal.[25]...

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The Court of Appeals' Ruling

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

In its Decision[23] dated May 29, 2015, the Court of Appeals affirmed. It focused on the failure ...

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