UP IHR’s Atty. Baguilat takes part in the MOA signing to protect the intellectual property rights of IPs On 22 March 2023, UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) Senior Legal Associate Atty. Raymond Marvic Baguilat participated in the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) together with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) to protect the intellectual property rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs). The event was held in cooperation with the Kiangan Local Government Unit (LGU) headed by Mayor Atty. Raldis Andrei Bulayungan, assisted by Vice Mayor…

Workers and Employees Program (WEP) holds 11th Round Table Discussion on Freedom of Association The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center conducted a virtual Round Table Discussion (RTD) on 4 March 2023. This marks the second (2nd) RTD on Freedom of Association (FOA), and the eleventh (11th) RTD of WEP since it was established in June 2021. While the last RTD served to establish the rationale and context on FOA in the Philippines today, the latest RTD provided a platform for concerned labor organizations to propose measures that would strengthen the…

UP Law Bags Back-to-Back World Championship at 40th Jean-Pictet Competition The University of the Philippines College of Law prevailed as Champions in the recently concluded 40th Jean-Pictet Competition, held last February 25 to March 4, 2023 in Durrës, Albania. This win secures-back to-back championships for UP Law, who also won the 39th edition, which was held in Bali, Indonesia in 2022. Prior to this, the UP Law Team had prevailed thrice as Finalists and thrice as Semi-Finalists. The team showcased exceptional skills and knowledge, securing their spot as one of only three teams in the 40-year history of the competition…

6-Peat Champions: UP Law Secures its 6th Consecutive Championship at the Jessup Competition National Rounds The University of the Philippines College of Law won its 6th consecutive championship at the Philippine National Rounds of the 2023 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. UP Law has held the national title since 2018. By unanimous decision, this year’s team bested the contingent from the University of San Carlos in the championship round judged by legal luminaries led by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio (ret.). The Jessup is the world's largest moot court competition, with participants from roughly…

UP Institute of Human Rights held Women's Day Forum on gender-based violence in the post-pandemic digital age. On 6 March 2023, the University of the Philippines Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) organized a forum entitled “The Post-Pandemic State of Women’s Rights in the Philippines”. The event was in celebration of International Women’s Day and National Women’s Month. Dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II delivered the welcome remarks. He underscored the importance of women’s month as an opportune time to take stock of the state of women’s rights in the new normal. Meanwhile, in her opening speech, UP IHR Director Professor…

The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center conducted a virtual round table discussion (RTD) on Freedom of Association (FOA) on 18 February 2023. This marks the tenth (10th) RTD of WEP since it was established in June 2021. WEP Program Director Patricia R.P. Salvador Daway opened the RTD. She expressed WEP’s hope that this 10th RTD be a venue for workers and employees to ventilate their most urgent and serious concerns on FOA which effectively prevent them from fully enjoying their right to self-organization. She highlighted that the FOA is a…