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,…

Announcement: Philippine Law Journal Editorial Board Volume 97 A.Y. 2023-2024 The Faculty Examination Committee is pleased to announced 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,…

Health Workers Support WEP-Proposed Magna Carta of Health Workers The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law/Law Center conducted via Zoom a series of seven (7) roundtable discussions (RTDs) on the Saturdays of April to June 2023 to further enhance the WEP-Proposed Magna Carta of Health Workers (MCHW) with health workers, their organizations, associations, and unions, other labor organizations, labor law practitioners, and academics. The RTDs had the theme “An Urgent Call for a Strengthened Health Workforce”. The MCHW was initially developed in a series of RTDs with health workers held in…

Prof. Tiu participates in Study Visit to Australia as Legal Consultant of UNODC on Counterterrorism and Human Rights On 19 - 23 June 2023, Prof. Tiu joined delegates in the Study Visit to Australia for the Members of the Philippine Judiciary focusing on the treatment of Terrorism and Terrorism Financing Cases by Australia’s judicial system and court processes. The Study Visit had taken the delegates to the different courts of Australia and its criminal justice agencies to promote comprehensive understanding and wider perspectives on the full criminal justice cycle as it relates to addressing terrorism and violent extremism offences. The…