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SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGIONAL ROUNDS
Registration is now open for the 13th Southeast Asian Regional Rounds of the 30th Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition!
Interested teams may fill up the form until November 10, 2025 (5:00 PM, PST). The deadline for submission of memorials is on November 17, 2024 (5:00 PM, EST).
Questions may also be sent via email to searr_law.upd@up.edu.ph.
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Climate Change Conference on the Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law
Last August 28 and 29, 2025, the Institute of International Legal Studies, University of the Philippines College of Law (UP IILS) supported the Climate Change Conference on the Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law held at Copthorne King’s Singapore. The conference was hosted by the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore (NUS CIL) and Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, University of Durham and supported by the Centre for Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Universitas Indonesia Faculty of Law, the Universiti Malaya Climate Change Network, and UP IILS.
The Obligation of States in Respect of Climate Change: A FORUM ON THE ICJ ADVISORY OPINION
On 4 August 2025, the Institute of International Legal Studies (IILS) of the University of the Philippines (UP) Law Center hosted an online forum entitled The Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change: A Forum on the ICJ Advisory Opinion. The Forum brought together legal academics, international law practitioners, and Philippine government representatives to reflect on the Advisory Opinion (AO) issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 23 July 2025, which identified the legal obligations of States in tackling climate change.



The Obligation of States in Respect of Climate Change
The Document Containing the Charges in the case of The Prosecutor v. Rodrigo Roa Duterte.


Launch of the Monograph on the Roundtable Discussion on Examining the Rules-Based International Order (RBIO) from Perspectives in International Law
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