Section 16Sec./Art. 16

Relationship with International Law. In the application and interpretation of this statute, the Philippine courts shall be guided by the following instruments and developments in international law:

(a) The 1949 Geneva Conventions I-IV and their 1977 Additional Protocols I and II and the Additional Protocol III;

(b) Regulations on the Use of the Emblem of the Red Cross or the Red Crescent by the National Societies, as adopted by the 20th International Conference of the Red Cross, and subsequent amendments;

(c) Resolution 1 of the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent;

(d) International criminal law jurisprudence from the international criminal tribunals, especially as may come from the International Criminal Court in the Hague;

(e) Relevant and applicable international human rights instruments and jurisprudence, mainly from the United Nations system; and

(f) Teachings of the most highly qualified publicists and authoritative commentaries on the foregoing sources as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law.