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Wilson vs. The Honorable Executive

ALBERT WILSON, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA, SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALBERTO ROMULO, SECRETARY OF JUSTICE RAUL GONZALES, BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY, BOARD OF CLAIMS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SOLICITOR GENERAL AGNES DEVANADERA, and BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, Respondents. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, PERALTA, PEREZ, REYES, and JARDELEZA, JJ.

G.R. No. 189220 | 2016-12-07

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
REYES, J.:
 
Before the Court is a Petition for Mandamus1 filed by Albert Wilson (Wilson) to enforce the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) Communication No. 868/19992 (View) against the Republic of the Philippines (RP).
 
Antecedent Facts
 
The present case has its roots in the incarceration and subsequent acquittal of Wilson for the crime of rape which was the subject of the Court's ruling in G.R. No. 135915 entitled People of the Philippines v. Wilson.3
 
Proceedings in G.R. No. 135915
 
On September 16, 1996,...