UP IHR participates in the ASEAN University Network-Human Rights Education's (AUN-HRE) annual members’ meeting The UP Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR), represented by Director Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan and University Researcher Atty. James Gregory Villasis, took part in the annual network meeting of the ASEAN University Network- Human Rights Education (AUN-HRE) held online on 31 January 2023. The meeting was called to inform the members of the status of the Network’s past human rights projects as well as to seek comments, suggestions, and collaborations for its future programs. The meeting was presided over by AUN-HRE’s Chair/Convener, Professor Vachararuttai Boontinand who…

Prof. Tiu selected as National Rapporteur on Corporate Climate Change Litigation The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and its Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics Project selected Assistant Professor Michael T. Tiu, Jr. as the National Rapporteur for the Philippines to analyse and compare best practices to facilitate continuous improvement in the implementation of climate change law. As National Rapporteur, Prof. Tiu will also lead the International Experts Group composed of scientists, policy-makers, practitioners, and judges from the Philippines who will provide input and deliberate on corporate climate change litigation in the country. Congratulations, Prof. Tiu!…

The International Seabed Authority recently selected Asst. Professor Espenilla to present her legal research paper at the first ever 'Women in the Law of the Sea Conference' Assistant Professor Jacqueline Espenilla, the current Director of the UP Law Center’s Institute for Maritime Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UP-IMLOS), was recently chosen by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to present her paper entitled “Coding ocean equity into the BBNJ Treaty: Understanding the role of developing countries in transforming ocean governance” at the ISA’ first ever Women in the Law of the Sea (WILOS) Conference. The event was held at…

UP College of Law Faculty Statement Condemning the Threats made by Ms. Badoy Against Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar. We, undersigned Members of the Faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law, condemn the threats made by Ms. Lorraine Badoy against Judge Marlo Magdoza-Malagar and the red tagging of Judge Magdoza-Malagar and her husband, UP Cebu Chancellor Leo Malagar. Both Judge Magdoza-Malagar and Chancellor Leo Malagar have been members of the UP Law faculty as lecturers. Ms. Badoy’s statements should not be allowed to remain unaddressed. The threat to kill another is a felony punished under our criminal laws. Red…

Asst. Prof. Tiu presents report as Legal Consultant in the United Nations (UN) Joint Programme for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Philippines On 23-26 August 2022, the United Nations Joint Programme for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Philippines (UNJP) held the Capacity-building Workshop of the Commission on Human Rights on the Anti-Terrorism Act was held at the Hilton Clark Sun Valley Resort in Clark, Pampanga. The workshop comprised a series of presentations tackling Republic Act 11479, otherwise known as the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” (ATA), its Implementing Rules and Regulations, Calleja v.…

Former UP Law Dean and former ICC Judge Raul C. Pangalangan was recently appointed to head a Commission of Inquiry at the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Commission of Inquiry is ILO’s highest-level investigative procedure under its Constitution, and is generally set up when a member State is accused of committing persistent and serious violations and has repeatedly refused to address them. Since the ILO’s founding in 1919, it has created only fourteen such Commissions. In March this year, the ILO Governing Body established a Commission of Inquiry to consider the complaint concerning non-observance by Myanmar of the Forced Labour…