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Read: UP Law IHR’s Guides to the Anti-Terrorism Bill

The recently enacted Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB) has raised apprehensions from various sectors within the Philippines. In light of this, the University of the Philippines Institute of Human Rights (UP-IHR) director, Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan and senior lawyers Glenda Litong, Raymond Baguilat and Michael Tiu, Jr. drafted a Briefer entitled At a Glance: The Anti-Terrorism Bill, and a Primer: Facing Terror, to make sense of the proposed ATB. At a Glance also digests and gives a rundown of the problematic provisions under the Anti-Terrorism bill and explains its consequences from a human rights perspective. Meanwhile, the Primer provides readers with a…

A Clear and Present Danger

Statement of Concerned Members of the Faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law Much has been already said about the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020. As concerned faculty members of the University of the Philippines College of Law, we add our voices of dissent to the growing chorus. The words etched in marble at the lobby of Malcolm Hall proclaim that our objective is not only to teach law and make lawyers but “to teach law in the grand manner and to make great lawyers.” These are words of personhood, of purpose, of passion, defining who we are…

E-Notarization Survey Of Lawyers

UP-WILOCI held an e-forum on Notarization In the New Normal inviting experts in the field of law and of technology. UP-WILOCI held an e-forum on Notarization In the New Normal inviting experts in the field of law and of technology to discuss its various aspects. In a webinar, which also launched the Manila Chapter of Legal Hackers, an open culture community of lawyers, technologists, designers, entrepreneurs, among others, that has chapters in 130 cities around the world. Atty. Elvira Duavit a WILOCI member, who is a Professorial Lecturer at the UP College of Law presented the Results Of an E-Notarization…

Considering Interim Solutions for Notarization

Considering Interim Solutions for Notarization The business of the courts needs to continue even in extraordinary times – in the time of COVID to dispense justice using COVID measures of social distancing. Thus, we see the emergence of the virtual or e-court as a means of facilitating the daily work of the courts around the country. Notarization of documents is a fundamental need in the country’s legal system. Considering this need, UP-WILOCI held an e-forum on Notarization In the New Normal inviting experts in the field of law and of technology to discuss its various aspects, which input will be…

List of 2020 LAE Qualifiers

University of the Philippines College of Law List of 2020 LAE Qualifiers The UP College of Law Admissions Committee is pleased to announce that a total of 349 applicants to the LAE have qualified to participate in the preparatory program to be conducted as prerequisite to admission to the UP College of Law. The qualifiers will receive their individual letters containing the terms of participation in the program. The Admissions Committee will not entertain any request for reconsideration of the list of LAE qualifiers. Download the PDF Copy here.

Veto Anti-Terrorism Bill

Calling On The President To Veto Anti-Terrorism Bill Even as the President has to still sign it into law, the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” is causing trepidation in academia. On 2 June the All UP Academic Employees Union issued a statement denouncing the bill — passed by both houses of Congress — under the rubric “De-Pacto Martial Law At Ang Mas Mabangis Na Anti-Terror Law.” This was followed by the Institute of Human Rights of the UPLaw Center, led by Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan, expressing its strong opposition to it and calling on the President to veto the Anti-Terrorism Bill. In…

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