UP College of Law Bags Awards at the 31st National Convention of the Association of Law Students of the Philippines At the 31st National Convention of the Association of Law Students of the Philippines, Inc. held on 31 October 2020, UP Law students were among those honored in the 2020 Law Students Awards for their recent achievements in moot court competitions.  The Moot and Debate Awards were given to the UP Law Jessup Team under the Group Category and to Barzillai Josh Banogon and Vanayan Odsey under the Individual Category.  Prof. Rommel Casis coached all of them. The UP Law…

UP Law Wins Back-to-back Championship in the 2020 National Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law Following its win in 2019, the UP College of Law once again brought home the championship in the 2020 National Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law organized by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The UP Law IHL team, composed of Team Captain Berenice Joanna dela Cruz (III-E), Joshua Rizlan Simbillo (II-E), and Ma. Pilar Luisa Ochave (II-D) will be representing the country in the International Rounds, tentatively set to be held in Hong Kong…

UP IHR highlights IP struggles in observance of 2020 National IP Month In observance of the National Indigenous Peoples’ Month, which is commemorated every October as declared by Presidential Proclamation No. 1906, the UP Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) published an album entitled "Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and Businesses" to discuss the intersections of Indigenous Peoples (IP) rights and business and human rights (BHR) issues. In the album, UP IHR highlights the struggles of various IP groups across the Philippines against invasive corporate activities and public-private partnership projects which threaten a wide range of their individual and collective rights.…

Never again. Never forget. Martial Law Revisionism and the Fight for History UP IHR releases photo album of human rights atrocities during martial law. Remembering the 48th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the country by the Dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the UP Institute of Human Rights published on 21 September 2020 a photo album showing the various human rights atrocities committed during the period. With the theme, "Martial Law Revisionism and the Fight for History," the album displayed photos and stories from the Human Rights Victims' Memorial Claims Board, Bantayog ng mga Bayani, and the Martial Law Chronicles…