IILS conducts training on International Law, Space Law with the Philippine Space Agency

  The Institute of International Legal Studies (IILS) facilitated a three-day online training seminar on international law and space law with the staff of the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) from June 2 to 4, 2021. Director General Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. opened the seminar on June 2, saying that it would help the agency with the “creation, development, and implementation of national and international space policies.” “This is surely an excellent opportunity for us as we continue to explore these legal concepts and principles in space and international law, especially as they relate to our operations and our ongoing work,”…

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Law, Sustainable Development, and Foreign Financing of Infrastructure

  Law, Sustainable Development, and Foreign Financing of Infrastructure: Legal Safeguards for Economic, Environmental and Social Sustainability of Foreign Funded Infrastructure Projects in the Philippines This monograph, authored by Dr. Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo (JSD, Yale), a supervising legal officer (2019-2020) at the U.P. Law Center’s Institute of International Legal Studies, highlights the positive and complementary roles of domestic and international law in ensuring the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of infrastructure projects and the international economic agreements underlying them. It recommends reforms to the current Philippine legal and regulatory framework governing foreign-funded infrastructure projects – such as requiring the…

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Philippine Treaties in Force 2020

  The University of the Philippines Law Center, through the Institute of International Legal Studies and in Cooperation with the DFA Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs, and the Foreign Service Institute invite you to the Virtual Book Launch of the Philippine Treaties in Force 2020 to be held on March 3, 2021 /10:00 am via Zoom. The book is a publication which provides a comprehensive listing of treaties entered into by the Philippines from 1946-2020. It is authored by Ambassador Jose Eduardo E. Malaya III and Atty. Crystal Gale Dampil-Mandigma. The book launch will also include the presence of the…

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25th Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition

25th Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition The University of the Philippines Law Center, through the Institute of International Legal Studies, is honored to once again host the Southeast Asian Regional Round (SEARR) of the 25th Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. The Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, which focuses on important global environmental challenges, is the most prestigious international environmental law moot court competition in the world. Since 1996, law students from universities all over the globe have participated in the Stetson Moot Court Competition, considering it an invaluable opportunity to meet and compete with representatives…

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2nd Southeast Asia Biodiversity and Climate Change Policy Forum

In conjunction with the coming year’s Southeast Asian Regional Rounds (SEARR) of the Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, the UP Law Center’s Institute of International Legal Studies (IILS), in partnership with Parabukas, is organizing the 2nd Southeast Asia Biodiversity and Climate Change Policy Forum. This webinar will kick off the competition, and will take place on January 11, 2021, from 9:30 am to 12:00 nn through Zoom and livestreamed on Facebook Live. The forum aims to re-examine the role of law and policy at this critical juncture for the planet and its people. Particularly, the forum aims to…

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