KURODA VS JALANDONI GR 2662 (1949)

KURODA VS JALANDONI

GR 2662 (1949)

FACTS: kuroda argues that the military commission established by EO 68 has no jurisdiction to try the petitioner for acts violted of the coduct of war, and crimes against the citizen of the Philippines.  The petitioner’s basis is that the Philippines is not a signatory to the Hague convention.

ISSUE: Whether the petitioners may be tried by the Military commission or not.

HELD: yes. The hague Convention and the Geneva Convention are rules and regulations  which forms part of and are wholly based on the generally acceptd principle of international law as part of the law of the land as pprmulgated by our constitution.