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006 Liang v. People
006 Liang v. People
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G.R. No. 125865. March 26, 2001.
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* FIRST DIVISION.
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RESOLUTION
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:
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1 Criminal Cases Nos. 53170 & 53171 of the Metropolitan Trial Court of
Mandaluyong City, Branch 60, presided by Hon. Ma. Luisa Quijano-
Padilla.
2 SCA Case No. 743 of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch
160, presided by Hon. Mariano M. Umali.
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Officers and staff of the Bank, including for the purpose of this
Article experts and consultants performing missions for the Bank,
shall enjoy the following privileges and immunities:
(a) Immunity from legal process with respect to acts performed by them
in their official capacity except when the Bank waives the immunity.
SO ORDERED.
CONCURRING OPINION
PUNO, J.:
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justice and the waiver would not prejudice the purposes for
which the immunities are accorded.” Section 51 allows for
consultation between the government and the Bank should
the government consider that an abuse has occurred. The
same section provides the mechanism for a dispute
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6 Supra note 1.
7 Supra note 2.
8 Supra note 3.
9 Supra note 4.
10 Supra note 5.
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Issues
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Discussion
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Section 18(a): Officials of the United Nations shall be immune
from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all
acts performed by them in their official capacity.
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Section 19: In addition to the immunities and privileges
specified in Section 18, the Secretary-General and all Assistant
Secretaries-General shall be accorded in respect of themselves,
their spouses and minor children, the privileges and immunities,
exemptions and facilities accorded to diplomatic envoys, in
accordance with international law.
Section 20: Privileges and immunities are granted to officials
in the interest of the United Nations and not for the personal
benefit of the individuals themselves. The Secretary-General shall
have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any official
in any case where, in his opinion, the immunity would impede the
course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the
interests of the United Nations.
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Section 22: Experts x x x performing missions for the United
Nations x x x shall be accorded: (a) immunity from personal arrest
or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage; (b) in
respect of words spoken or written and acts done by them in the
course of the performance of their mission, immunity from legal
process of every kind.”
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“Article 50(1): The Bank shall enjoy immunity from every form
of legal process, except in cases arising out of or in connection
with the exercise of its powers to borrow money, to guarantee
obligations, or to buy and sell or underwrite the sale of securities,
in which cases actions may be brought against the Bank in a court
of competent jurisdiction in the territory of a country in which the
Bank has its principal or a branch office, or has appointed an
agent for the purpose of accepting service or notice of process, or
has issued or guaranteed securities.
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Article 55(i): All Governors, Directors, alternates, officers and
employees of the Bank, including experts performing missions for
the Bank shall be immune from legal process with respect to acts
performed by them in their official capacity, except when the
Bank waives the immunity.”
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15 Id. at 17.
16 J. K. King, supra note 12, at 81.
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22 Id. at 254-257.
23 Id. at 103.
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26 Ibid.
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waiver the local courts cannot hold him liable for them. In
strict law, it would seem that even the organization itself
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30 Id. at 260-261.
31 Id. at 189.
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Submissions
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36 Salonga & Yap, Public International Law 108 (5th ed., 1992).
37 1 id. at 511.
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from suit, which was denied by the trial court. A motion for
reconsideration, and subsequently, a “Motion for a
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41 TSN, G.R. No. 125865, October 18, 2000, p. 11, Rollo, p. 393.
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