Pedro Yap

Judge

1918 – 2003

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Who was Pedro Yap?

Pedro Yap was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1988. He briefly served for two and a half months from April 19, 1988 to June 30, 1988.

Yap, a bar topnocher, served as secretary of the United Nations Human Rights Commission and was one of the 16 delegates who refused to sign the 1973 Philippine Constitution. He was appointed to the Presidential Commission on Good Government in 1986 before being appointed associate justice.

He was a law professor specialized in International Law.

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Born
Jul 1, 1918
San Isidro, Leyte
Nationality
  • Philippines
Profession
Died
Nov 20, 2003
California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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