COURSE SYLLABUS

I. COURSE OUTLINE

1. Human Rights, Its Attributes, and the Three Generations

 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 2
2. State Responsibility
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 3
 People v. Andre Marti, G.R. No. 81561, 18 January 1991
 Velasquez-Rodriguez v. Honduras, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 29 July
1988, Series C, No. 4 (1988)
 Nicaragua v. United States of America, International Court of Justice, 27 June 1986
 Oposa v. Factoran, G.R. No. 101063, 30 July 1993
 Writ of Kalikasan, Rule 7, A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC
 In re Yamashita, 237 U.S. 1 (1946)
3. Sources of International Human Rights
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 4
 West Germany v. Denmark, and West Germany v. Netherlands, International Court of
Justice, 20 February 1969
 Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain), 24 July
1964
 Kuroda v. Jalandoni, G.R. No. L-2662, 26 March 1949
4. The International Bill of Rights
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 5
 Republic v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 104768, 21 July 2003
 Pretty v. UK, (2346/02), European Court of Human Rights, 2002
 Sahin v. Turkey, No. 44774/98, EC+HR, 10 November 2005
 Marcos v. Manglapus, G.R. No. 88211, 15 September 1989 & 27 October 1989
 Chavez v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 168338, 15 February 2008
 Celdran v. People, G.R. No. 220127, 21 March 2018
5. Application, Enforcement and Limitation
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 6
6. Monitoring Systems
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 7
 Piandong v. The Philippines, Case No. 869-1999, Human Rights Committee
 Baroy v. The Philippines, Case No. 1045-2002, Human Rights Committee
 Pimentel v. The Philippines, Case No. 1320-2004, Human Rights Committee
 Marcellana and Gumanoy v. The Philippines, Case No. 1560-2007, Human Rights
Committee
 Lumanog and Santos v. The Philippines, Case No. 1466-2006, Human Rights
Committee
 Larranaga v. The Philippines, Case No. 1421-2005, Human Rights Committee
7. The United Nations
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 8
8. Millenium Development Goals
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 9
9. Philippine Laws Promoting the Rights of the Child
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 10
 Republic Act No. 9344
 Republic Act No. 7610
 Republic Act No. 9231
 Republic Act No. 9775
 Republic Act No. 10364
 Republic Act No. 9262
 Republic Act No. 9208
 Republic Act No. 11188
 A.M. No. 004-07-SC, 21 November 2000
 Poe-Llamanzares v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 221697, 8 March 2016
10. The Protection of the Rights of Women
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 11
 Republic Act No. 9262
 Republic Act No. 9208
 Republic Act No. 9710
 Republic Act No. 8972
 Republic Act No. 11166
 People of the Philippines v. Amarela, G.R. No. 225642-43, 17 January 2018
 People of the Philippines v. Tionloc, G.R. No. 212193, 15 February 2017
 SOGIE Bill
 The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in
Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (2006)
 The Yogyakarta Principles plus 10: Additional Principles and State Obligations on
the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual
Orientation, Gender Identity, Sexual Expresssion and Sex Characteristics to
Complement the Yogyakarta Principles (2017)
 Ang Ladlad v.COMELEC, G.R. No. 190582, 8 April 2010
 Imbong v. Ochoa, G.R. No. 204819, 8 April 2014
11. The Rights of Migrant Workers
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 12
 Republic Act No. 8042 as amended by Republic Act No. 10022
12. The Rights of Disabled Persons
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 13
 Republic Act No. 7277 as amended by Republic Acts No. 9442 and 10070
13. The Right Against Torture
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 14
 Republic Act No. 9745
 Writ of Amparo
 Secretary of Defense v. Manalo, G.R. No. 180906, 7 October 2008
14. The Right Against Enforced Disappearances
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 15
 Republic Act No. 10353
 Kurt v.Turkey, 15/1997/799/1002, 25 May 1998, European Court of Human Rights
 Velasquez-Rodriguez v. Honduras, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 29 July
 1988, Series C, No. 4 (1988)
15. The International Criminal Court
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 16
 Prosecutor v. Alfred Musema, ICTR-96-13-T, 27 January 2000
16. International Humanitarian Law
 Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Law, Chapter 17

*The lecturer reserves the option of amending the reading list, assignments, and cases as
exigencies warrant.

II. COURSE REFERENCES

Hornbook on International and Philippine Human Rights Laws (2013) by Pepita Jane A.
Petralba
Human Rights Law, Human Rights Culture (2017) by Rene Sarmiento

Note: Source material for the course will not be limited to the enumerated textbooks.