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Government of Hongkong Special Administrative Region vs. Munoz

GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, represented by the PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Petitioner, vs. JUAN ANTONIO MUNOZ, Respondent. Present: SERENO, CJ CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., **LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, ***DEL CASTILLO ****PERLAS-BERNABE LEONEN, *****JARDELEZA CAGUIOA, MARTIRES, TIJAM, REYES, JR., and GESMUNDO, JJ:

G.R. No. 207342 | 2017-11-07

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
RESOLUTION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
Under the rule of specialty in international law, a Requested State shall surrender to a Requesting State a person to be tried only for a criminal offense specified in their treaty of extradition. Conformably with the dual criminality rule embodied in the extradition treaty between the Philippines and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), however, the Philippines as the Requested State is not bound to extradite the respondent to the jurisdiction of the HKSAR as the Requesting State for the offense of accepting an advantage...