Pedro Yap

Infobox Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice
name=Pedro L. Yap
order=17th
term start=April 19, 1988
term end= June 30, 1988
predecessor= Claudio Teehankee, Sr.
successor= Marcelo Fernan
nominator=Corazon Aquino
date of birth= Birth date|1918|7|1|mf=y
place of birth= San Isidro, Leyte
date of death= death date and age|2003|11|20|1918|7|1|mf=y
place of death= California
term start2=April 8, 1986
term end2=April 18, 1988
predecessor2=Ramon Aquino
successor2= Leo Medialdea
nominator2=Corazon Aquino

Pedro Yap (July 1, 1918 - November 20, 2003) was the Chief Justice 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.

References

* Cruz, Isagani A. (2000). "Res Gestae: A Brief History of the Supreme Court". Rex Book Store, Manila