{"id":420,"date":"2025-06-23T15:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/?page_id=420"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:04:23","slug":"current","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/current\/","title":{"rendered":"Current"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-custom-bg-color has-custom-subtitle-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8250b38c2dde3b92a83075517e4296a7\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 27%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-custom-bg-color has-text-color has-xx-large-font-size\"><strong>Current<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"660\" 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has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-manrope-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-035bd3e5854e25f473d600c5e3e5e279\">Volume XXII<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-custom-header-color has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-1-font-size wp-elements-0688b82dc07cf1863d0c396d9f823926\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><strong>Special Issue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-manrope-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e9a3a620dd2d5e10c363f64779d9357e\">Published: 2020-MM-DD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-manrope-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-961a3305700fc324e3bbd630cda6b64d\">3 Articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe1bbffc wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-custom-bg-color has-custom-subtitle-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/06\/Final-PYIL-Special-Issue-as-of-May-29-2026.pdf\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-subtitle-color has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-3-font-size wp-elements-de89802fdadf4d7b88ee3145ac369af9\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><strong>We are pleased to announce the publication of the Philippine Yearbook of International Law Special Issue.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-header-color has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-4-font-size wp-elements-6a7ccd2a219e04b9fb3b21b7d1584df5\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);line-height:1.5\">The Philippine Yearbook of International Law (PYIL) is a publication of the Institute of International Legal Studies-University of the Philippines Law Center (UP-IILS). PYIL is a yearly publication that seeks to compile Philippine state practice through&nbsp; scholarly articles, book reviews, and a compilation of recent jurisprudence and issuances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-style-section-1 has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-651aff77 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex is-style-section-1--2\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-d3fb2301 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-4-font-size wp-elements-388b17df79e1793fe1846f180858a9cb is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-8a368f38 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" open><summary>The 2022 Edition includes the following articles:<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-4-font-size wp-elements-3f496963f3d62d32fb1bdaef759e6c47\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/2026\/08\/11\/merlin-m-magallonas-jus-cogens-theory\/\"><strong>Merlin M. Magallona\u2019s Jus Cogens Theory   <\/strong> |    Rommel J. Casis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/2026\/08\/11\/multilateral-disciplines-on-the-domestic-regulation-of-services-implications-for-the-philippines\/\"><strong>Multilateral Disciplines on the Domestic Regulation of Services: Implications for the Philippines   <\/strong> |    Arnel Marcos Sanchez<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/2026\/08\/11\/re-examining-the-effects-attributed-to-peremptory-norms-under-the-law-of-state-responsibility\/\"><strong>Re-Examining the Effects Attributed to Peremptory Norms under the Law of State Responsibility   <\/strong> |    Gemmo Bautista Fernandez<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-custom-4-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/08\/PYIL-Dean-Magallona-Issue-Tributes.pdf\">Tributes<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\"><strong>The Law Professor as Diplomat: Merlin Magallona at the Department of Foreign Affairs 2001-2002    <\/strong>|    Eduardo Malaya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A Legacy Beyond Words: Dean Merlin M. Magallona, A Guiding Light in Law and Life   <\/strong> |    Lowell Bautista<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/08\/PYIL-Dean-Magallona-Issue-Works-before-the-International-Court-of-Justice.pdf\"><strong>Works Before The International Court of Justice<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\">Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia\/Malaysia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\">ICJ Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/08\/PYIL-Dean-Magallona-Issue-Events.pdf\">Events<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\">Philippine Society of International Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hidden in Plain Sight: International Law and Marxist Praxis in the Life and Works of Merlin M. Magallona<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/08\/PYIL-Dean-Magallona-Issue-Eulogies.pdf\">Eulogies<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\">Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ICC Judge Raul C. Pangalangan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U.P. President Danilo L. Concepcion <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Former U.P. President Francisco Nemenzo, Jr. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dean Pacifico Agabin <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professor Patricia Rosalind Salvador-Daway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atty. Joan De Venecia-Fabul <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atty. Tanya Lat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Suzette V. Suarez <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\">Dr. Peter Payoyo, delivered by Asst. 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