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Case: SHIGENORI KURODA vs Major General RAFAEL JALANDONI, etc. (EN BANC) G. No. L-2662; March 26, 1949 MORAN, C Topic and Principle: Relationship between international and Philippine Domestic Law Facts: Shigenori Kuroda is formerly a Lieutenant-General of the Japanese Imperial Army and Commanding General of the Japanese Imperial Forces in the Philippines during the period covering 1943 and 1944.
Shigenori Kuroda, formerly a Lieutenant-General of the Japanese Imperial Army and Commanding General of the Japanese Imperial Forces in the Philippines during a period covering 1943 and 1944, who is now charged before a Military Commission convened by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, with having unlawfully disregarded and failed "to discharge his duties as such ...
SHIGENORI KURODA. vs. Major General RAFAEL JALANDONI, Brigadier General CALIXTO DUQUE, Colonel MARGARITO TORALBA, Colonel IRENEO BUENCONSEJO, Colonel PEDRO TABUENA, Major FEDERICO ARANAS, MELVILLE S. HUSSEY and ROBERT PORT G. No. L-2662 March 26, 1949.
Separate Opinions PERFECTO, J., dissenting: A military commission was empanelled on December 1, 1948 to try Lt. Gen. Shigenori Kuroda for Violation of the laws and customs of land warfare. Melville S. Hussey and Robert Port, American citizens and not authorized by the Supreme Court to practice law were appointed prosecutor representing the American CIC in the trial of the case.
Kuroda, in his petition, argues that the Military Commission is not a valid court because the law that created it, Executive Order No. 68, is unconstitutional. He further contends that using as basis the Hague Convention’s Rules and Regulations covering Land Warfare for the war crime committed cannot stand ground as the Philippines was not a signatory of such rules in such convention.
Shigenori Kuroda, formerly a Lieutenant-General of the Japanese Imperial Army and Commanding General of the Japanese Imperial Forces in the Philippines during a period covering 1943 and 1944, who is now charged before a Military Commission convened by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, with having unlawfully disregarded and failed "to discharge his duties as such ...
graduate Kuroda Shigenori (1887-1952) Kuroda Shigenori was commissioned an infantry officer in 1909, graduated from the War College in 1916, and was a military observer in England following the First World War. He later served as military attaché in India.When war broke out in the Pacific, he was serving as bureau chief for military training.He served as chief of staff to Southern Army from ...
