{"id":447,"date":"2025-06-23T15:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/?p=447"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:10:47","slug":"2021-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/2025\/06\/23\/2021-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-style-section-1 has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-dc3fe4c8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex is-style-section-1--1\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(0deg,rgb(255,254,254) 51%,rgb(249,248,243) 51%);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);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%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/2021-Cover-Page.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/2021-Cover-Page.png 524w, https:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/2021-Cover-Page-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-8a368f38 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\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-2e3b166d0a415c9dfee9910216780cc5\">Volume XX<\/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-244288c59acce1bd42b2ffb9c2597c33\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><strong>2021 EDITION<\/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-e974cc7be9d450cac3a5d198f1103a66\">Published: 2021-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-567a5b35e34418494128cb38d3506c96\">35 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\/04\/PYIL-2021.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-a8c2c514485dcbf1023a1e18abab942e\" 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 2021 edition.<\/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-f4242fcd9709f2dd01e28cb8a50d4b2b is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-8a368f38 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" open><summary><strong>The 2021 Edition includes the following articles:<\/strong><\/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-debae40af7c3bbf1da0962c5f85b939d\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/03-CHARACTERIZING-PEACE-PROCESS-INSTRUMENTS-AND-AGREEMENTS-WITH-INSURGENT-GROUPS-IN-THE-PHILIPPINES.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/03-CHARACTERIZING-PEACE-PROCESS-INSTRUMENTS-AND-AGREEMENTS-WITH-INSURGENT-GROUPS-IN-THE-PHILIPPINES.pdf\"><strong>Characterizing Peace Process Instruments and Agreements with Insurgent Groups in the Philippines <\/strong> | Sedfrey Martinez M. Candelaria<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/04-INTERNATIONAL-CONSTRUCTION-ARBITRATION.pdf\"><strong>International Construction Arbitration in the Philippines: The Curious Case of <em>China Chang<\/em><\/strong> | Louie T. Ogsimer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/05-MOOT-BUT-ACADEMIC-AN-EXEGESIS-OF-PANGILINAN-V.-CAYETANO.pdf\"><strong>Moot But Academic: An Exegesis of Pangilinan vs. Cayetano<\/strong> | Rommel J. Casis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/06-Diplomatic-Notes.pdf\"><strong>Diplomatic Notes and the South China Sea Disputes<\/strong> | Lowell Bautista<\/a><\/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\/2025\/06\/08-REPORTS.pdf\">Reports:<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Annexes to Diplomatic Notes and the South China Sea Disputes\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/07A-ANNEX-II.-.pdf\">Annex I. List of Pre-Arbitration Note Verbales (2009- 2016)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Annex II. List of Post-Arbitration Note Verbales (2016-2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/08-REPORTS.pdf\">International Criminal Court Pre-Trial Chamber Decision on the Formal Investigation into the Philippine Situation and Suspension of Investigation in Light of the Philippine Request<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/new-pages.upd.edu.ph\/pyil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/06\/09-TREATIES-AND-AGREEMENTS.pdf\"><strong>Treaties and Agreements:<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Signing and Ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accession to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Signing of Philippine- United States Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (AMSAR) Agreement<\/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\/2025\/06\/10-JUDICIAL-DECISIONS.pdf\">Judicial Decisions<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\">Diosdado Sama y Hinupas and Bandy Masanglay y Aceveda vs. People of the Philippines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St. Benedict Childhood Education Centre, Inc., and Fr. Ernesto O. Javier vs. Joy San Jose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People of the Philippines vs. Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla, Jr., Richard A. Cambe, and Janet Lim Napoles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal vs. Daisy B. Panga-Vega<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senators Francis \u201cKiko\u201d N. Pangilinan, et al. vs. lan Peter S. Cayetano, et al. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aniceto B. Ocampo, Jr. vs. International Ship Crew Management Phils., Inc., et al. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cynthia A. Villar vs. Alltech Contractors, Inc., et al<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raemark S. Abel vs. Mindy P. Rule, et al.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prospero A. Pichay, Jr. vs. The Honorable Sandiganbayan (Fourth Division) and People of the Philippines, as Represented by the Office of the Special Prosecutor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Benjamin D. Adapon, For Himself and on Behalf of the Computerized Imaging Institute, Inc., Formerly Known as the Computed Tomography Center, Inc., vs. Medical Doctors, Inc. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Esther Victoria Alcala Vda. De Alca\u00f1eses, vs. Jose S. Alca\u00f1eses, et al. . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Re: Resolution Dated 05 August 2008 in A.M. No. 07-4-11-Sc Atty. Jaime V. Lopez <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KLM Royal Dutch Airlines vs. Dr. Jose M. Tiongco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Re: Petition for Recognition of Foreign Judgment of Divorce with Prayer to Change Civil Status of Janevic Orteza Ordaneza from Married to Single, Janevic Orteza Ordaneza, Represented by: Ricky O. Ordaneza vs. Republic of the Philippines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marietta Pangilinan Johansen vs. Office of the Civil Registrar General, Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippine Statistics Authority, and Office of the Solicitor General<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Municipality of Makati (Now City of Makati) vs. Municipality of Taguig (Now City of Taguig)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atty. Howard M. Calleja, et al. vs. Executive Secretary, et al<\/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\/2025\/06\/11-A.M.-No.-21-03-02-SC.pdf\">Supreme Court Issuances<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-custom-4-font-size\">A.M. 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