UP IHR conducts a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on the legal capacity of Persons with Disabilities As part of its research project entitled “A Research on the Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities,” the UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) conducted an in-person focus group discussion (FGD) on the legal capacity of persons with disabilities on 24 August 2023. The FGD brought together an assembly of persons with disabilities along with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that support their cause. The participants included members from Angat PWD, Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children (PAVIC), PWD Federation of the Deaf,…

UP GLPP and GOJUST event Justice Leonen’s lecture, On the Politics of Regulating Intimacy The Hon. Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court delivered his keynote lecture entitled, On the Politics of Regulating Intimacy at the the Ambion Room and Malcolm Hall last 4 August 2023. The event was organized and hosted by the UP Gender Law and Policy Program (UP GLPP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law, in partnership with Governance in Justice (GOJUST). During the event, Prof. E. (Leo) D. Battad, Program Director of UP GLPP, also formally accepted from…

UP IHR conducts a roundtable discussion (RTD) on the Philippine Indigenous Law Curriculum (Law 132) The UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR), in commemoration of the National Indigenous Peoples (IPs) Day in the Philippines and International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, conducted last 17 August 2023 a roundtable discussion (RTD) on the development of the course offering of Philippine Indigenous Law (Law 132) under the UP College of Law. Attending the event both in person and through Zoom application were representatives from private and public institutions, including the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Commission on Higher…

UP Law WEP Holds Second Training Series On Labor Relations The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center held its Second Training Series on Labor Relations in the Private Sector on Saturday mornings from 13-27 May 2023 and 10-24 June 2023. The series wrapped up with a whole day session on Collective Bargaining with Role Playing / Simulation Exercise, held on 15 July 2023 at the 2nd Floor, Conference Room, Bocobo Hall, UP Law Complex, Diliman, Quezon City. The Labor Relations series marked the WEP’s follow-up to the First Training Series on…

South African Embassy and UP Diliman in cooperation with UP IHR, OIL, and UP DPS organize the 2023 Nelson Mandela Day Public Lecture On the occasion of the 2023 Nelson Mandela Day and in line with the 10th year of his passing, the South African Embassy in the Philippines and the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in cooperation with the UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR), Office of International Linkages Diliman (OIL), and UP Department of Political Science (UP DPS), held a public forum entitled “The Legacy Lives On Through You” on 21 July 2023 at…

Announcement: Philippine Law Journal Editorial Board Volume 97 A.Y. 2023-2024 The Faculty Examination Committee is pleased to announce the students who attained the ten highest scores in the qualifying legal writing and editing examinations of the Philippine Law Journal (Volume 97, A.Y. 2023-2024): Name Position Ramirez, Mika Andrea O. Chair Tutor, Kyle Christian G. Vice-Chair Flores, Kim M. Member Sebastian, Josemaria J. Member Quebrar, Maria Lovelyn Joyce S. Member Lokin, Louise Michiko B. Member Solis, Cesar Tomas T. Member Sasing, Marianne T. Member Yao, Alia Dominique Y. Member Mendiola, Ramon Joaquin A. Member   Under the rules of the Committee,…