Proclamation No. 28, s. 1947

MALACANAN PALACE tf,IlTlT XlVI?1'lY ILl-! BY ITIE ?RESIDEIff OF THE PHIT,IPPIHES ^/ FrooLa.natlon I{o. }t / MAKIHG PUBIIO ITIE DECi.AN.{TIU{ Oi{ ffiE PANT OF THE NEPUBE'IC OF fM PHITIPF]SES RECOGT{IMSG AS COMPUTSORY IPSO T'ACTO TEB JI}. RISDICTIOI{ OF'?trE I}+1ER,I{ATI$qAJ, COTIB? OF JItriTICE TN ^OII, DIS. PIIIES TfiE$ITIOI{ED IT{ PAN.EGBAPH 2, .ERTICLE ft W THE SEATIffi gf' TEE IIIESH,NATIONTI. COT'RT OF JTigfIGE ffIIEnEAS, the Gov*nrmnt of the Bepublte of the Phtllp- plnes, as a slgnatorSrb the Clu.rtsr of tbe lhiteil HatLons OrganLzatlon, has also eubscribecl to the Statute of the Ie tcrnational Court of Justiee; . flIlmEA,S, .0rttcl-a 36 of ttre Statute provldes as foLlolrs: {1. fhe Jurlsdlation of t}e Oourt eoqpr{oes all easec rhieh tlre parties refer to lt and all nsttere s$lUfaffy provLcled for ln the Cherter of tlm United I{atLons or in treatLes end eonventtone Ln force, n2. the Etatss pertles to the preaent Statuta .may at any ttue deeilsre that they reeoguize as coh- pul,soqp tpsp faeto and rlthout spealal agreereat, ln relatlon te argr othor etata aoceptLng tle sa"m obltga- tfon, the Jwisdiotl-on of the fi@rt tn all lega.l dls- putes eonccrnl-ng3 rla. the intotptetatlon of a treaty; ilb. any questJ.on of internattonal Lar; Hcn the exlst€nec of aqy faot shleh, Lf estab-' llshsd, woulcl ionetttute a breach of an LaterngtioaaL obllgatlon; nd. the nature or c:*eat of the raparation to be nade for the breach of an lntennatlonal ebltgatLon. t3. The declaratlqs referred to obove may be nade uneondltlgal or on eoncEtlon of roclprocl.ty on the part of esveral or eertal-n rtatee, or for a eertaLn tfne.l n4" Sueh dcelaratlon gha.lI be deposi.ted rlth the ' Seeretary-Genera1 of tlre Untted Nationsr who shal-I trans- nlt copLes thereof to the partS.cs to the Sbatute ancl to the Rogtst"o, of tha Cowt. 60. q5 ;- Date uploaded: November 24, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph -2- ,J ' a5. DeeLeretlmnade und€r ArtteLe 36 of the ' Statutc of tb Penmreat 0mrt of Internatlonal Juetice ard frlch ara ett1l 1n force shalL be cleerecl; as bc- treen ttre parties to the preseat Statute, to be accept- aneas of the eonpulsoqp Jurlsdletion of the Interna- ttonal Cor:nt of Juetlcc for the per!.od rhich they stlII have to rua and ln aceordanee rith thelr terrns. n6. fn the evcnt of a dlsput" as to rhothen ttrc Corrt has Jurlsdletiolr, thc nattcr stnll be scttled by the tlccisLcNt of the C€lurt. n fitlEREAS, tb PrEsldant of thc Phil.tppines, havlng seeu and coasldered th6 afeesald pnovlslm of the Intcrnetlonaf Cqrrt of Justlcer proposecl to nake a declaratLoa on hhrrl:f of tbs Republle of ths Phtlipplnce Ln aeoordance thorcrith; IYI{EREAS, the $enate of thp Bspublia of thc Philtpptnee . by lts Reeolution So. 33 of &lay 22t \gn, dld conelr ln the abova proposal of the Fresidant of ttre Phlltpplnos; WHEREAST t&rc Rreslclent of tJre Ptrlllpplnes, bavtng sc- eured the emcurreace of t'he Scnats of thc Phtltpptnes Lu ac- eordance wlth cmstttrrf,lonal procedtre, nade a declaratlon tbat the Bepr1blltc of ttrg PhtllpptncE recognlsas as compulsory tES fEglgr od wtthout speclol agreemnt in relatlm ta' *5r ' other statc aeceptlng thc sane obllgatlonr ffid on condltion of reciprocltye ttre Juntsetletlon of the Intsrnatlonal $o11lt of JwtLce ln all dlsputes mntloned ln paragraph 2, .Article 36 of the statutc, for a perlod of tsn yaars from July fourth, nfuptccn hundred and forty-six, and thereaftcr to contlnuc nntxl notlftcatLm of abrogatlon ls mde w the Phlltpplne Gwarnme ntt r:!':' flCffir ?HERFF0ffi, be it known tbat Ir HANUET RffiASr Preal- :: dcnt of the PhJ.J-tpplncs, do hore\r pnoeJ-a:La and nalce publle Date uploaded: November 24, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph '3- the dcclaratlon of the Prcsidient of tbe Phillpptncs to the end that the sa.rc and every cleusc thereof nay be obsdflred and fulfilled rith good falth by tb Republte of thc Philtp- plncs arrd the cltlzeas thsreof. II{ trITt{ESS ffilEAEOF, I havo hcrreunto set ry hand and eaussd tho saal of the Republle ef thc Fhllippiuee to be affl:ced. Done at thc City of fihntla, Phtllpplnes, thls llha"y or Jul-yr ln the ycar of Our tord nineteen hun'drcd and forty- s6ven, and of thc fndependencs of the Phtlipptncs, tbe seeond. 4 { '---i/ tQa'4 xil-< By the PrcsLdent: Chlef of thc Enoutlve 0ffiee Date uploaded: November 24, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph