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2003-07-21 |
CARPIO, J. |
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| The Declaration, to which the Philippines is also a signatory, provides in its Article 17(2) that "[n]o one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property." Although the signatories to the Declaration did not intend it as a legally binding document, being only a declaration, the Court has interpreted the Declaration as part of the generally accepted principles of international law and binding on the State.[46] Thus, the revolutionary government was also obligated under international law to observe the rights[47] of individuals under the Declaration. | |||||