APJIHL 2021 Edition Call for Papers - Deadline Extended to 10 January 2021 The Asia-Pacific Journal of
International Humanitarian Law is a publication of the Institute of International Legal Studies-University of the Philippines Law Center (UP-IILS) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Journal aims to produce peer-reviewed scholarly articles, book reviews, and commentary on significant developments and current issues in international humanitarian law, and related fields. It has a special focus on the Asia-Pacific region, and is published once a year. We invite the submission of articles on subjects related to international humanitarian law, humanitarian policy or…

List of First Year Qualifiers for Admission to the UP College of Law JD Program The UP College of Law is pleased to announce that the following participants to the Freshie Preparatory Course have qualified for admission to the UP College of Law JD program for Academic Year 2020-2021. Click here to download the PDF Copy of Final List of LAE Passers  

Retired Supreme Court Justices Join UP Law Faculty Members in Filing Petition Opposing the Anti-Terrorism Law Retired Justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita Carpio-Morales will once again appear before the Supreme Court this time, as petitioners assailing the highly controversial Anti-Terrorism Law (ATL). Joining them as co-petitioners are UP Law Senior Lecturers Victoria Loanzon, Anthony Charlemagne Yu, Theodore Te (former SC Public Information Officer), Professor Dante Gatmaytan (Director of IAJ), and Assistant Dean, Dr. Jay Batongbacal (Executive Associate Dean and Director of IMLOS),  along with UP Law student Francisco Ashley Acedillo, and University Student Councillor, Tierone James Santos—all seeking to strike down the ATL, which they contend chills…

STATEMENT OF THE U.P. INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS RE: HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCH AND FORCED TRANSFER TO ISOLATION FACILITIES OF ASYMPTOMATIC COVID-19 PATIENTS Secretary Eduardo Año has announced a policy to allow the house to house search of COVID19 patients and the taking of said persons to isolation facilities. This will not only literally unlock the door to warrantless searches of our homes, but also open the proverbial floodgates to other human rights violations. Sec. 2, Article III of the Constitution protects the right of the people to be secure in their houses “against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and…

Justice Leonen: ‘The rule of law is always the rule of just law, it is no code for servility’ For the first time in history, the Supreme Court held the oath-taking ceremony of bar passers over the internet, through videoconferencing. Justice Marvic Leonen, chairperson of the 2020 bar exams, gave an inspirational speech on what it means to be a lawyer. It was a speech that embodied the spirit of UP Law, the institution he graduated from and where he served as Dean from 2008 to 2011. Aside from announcing projects for easing access to the bar exams such as…