oO 19 loss and injury to, or in respect of, victims and state the principles on which it is acting; (b) The court may make an order directly against a convicted person specifying appropriate reparations to, or in 20 (@) Relevant and applicable international human rights instruments; respect of, victims, including restitution, compensation and (h) Other relevant international treaties and conventions ratified or acceded to by the Republic of the Philippines; and (c) Before making an order under this section, the court authoritative commentaries on the foregoing sources as rehabilitation; and may invite and shall take account of representations from or on behalf of the convicted person, victims or other interested persons. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prejudicing the rights of victims under national or international law. CHAPTER VII APPLICABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND OTHER Laws (i) Teachings of the most highly qualified publicists and subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law, SEC, 16. Suppletory Application of the Revised Penal Code and Other General or Special Laws. - The provisions of the Revised Penal Code and other general or special laws shall have a suppletory application to the provisions of this Act. CHAPTER VIII JURISDICTION SEC. 15. Applicability of International Law. ~ In the application and interpretation of this Act, Philippine courts shall be guided by the following sources: (a) The 1948 Genocide Convention; (b) The 1949 Geneva. Conventions I-IV, their 1977 Additional Protocols I and If and their 2005 Additional Protocol TT; SEC. 17. Jurisdiction. ~ The State shall exercise jurisdiction over persons, whether military or civilian, suspected or accused of a crime defined and penalized in this Act, regardless of where the crime is committed, provided, any one of the following conditions is met: (a) The accused is a Filipino citizen; (c) The 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, its First (b) The accused, regardless of citizenship or residence, is present in the Philippines; or (a) The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child and its 2000 Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Filipino citizen. Protocol and its 1999 Second Protocol; Armed Conflict; law; (c) The accused has committed the said crime against a In the interest of justice, the relevant Philippine authorities may dispense with the investigation or prosecution (e) The rules and principles of customary international of a crime punishable under this Act if another court or (f) The judicial decisions of international courts and or undertaking the prosecution of such crime. Instead, the authorities may surrender or extradite suspected or accused persons in the Philippines to the appropriate international tribunals; international tribunal is already conducting the vestigation