Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Legal and Social Advancement in the Philippines (CALESA) Project One more day until the CALESA International Conference on the Application of the Principles of the Bologna Process to University Academic Programmes hosted by the UP College of Law in partnership with the Legal Education Board! Take a look at the topics and speakers from our foreign partner institutions for the 5-day Conference. You may still register at: https://bit.ly/CALESA2023 #CALESAProject #UPLaw #UPCollegeofLaw  

UP IHR joins institutional partner in Child’s Right to Identity international forum The UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) invites everyone to an online symposium entitled “Child’s Right to Identity in Family Relations,” which will be held on 16 May 2023, 1:00-4:00 pm, CET (7:00-11:00 pm, Philippine Standard Time) via Zoom. Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan will serve as a resource speaker on Child's right to identity in family relations from an Asia Pacific perspective. The Child Identity Protection (CHIP), an international NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland, will host the event with its partner organizations, one of which is…

WEP wraps up RTD series on Freedom of Association The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center concluded its Round Table Discussion (RTD) series on Freedom of Association (FOA) with the theme “Power of Association: Strengthening Workers’ Right to Self-Organization, Security, Safety, and Expression” last 25 March 2023. The event was the 12th overall RTD of WEP since it was established in June 2021, and the 3rd in a series on FOA, the 1st and 2nd of which were conducted last 18 February 2023 and 4 March 2023, respectively. WEP Program Director…

UP Law Community Women’s Month Commemoration Activities 2023 The University of the Philippines College of Law and its student organizations have organized several events to celebrate International Women's Month and promote gender equality and women empowerment. The UP Institute for Human Rights (UP IHR) organized a forum entitled “The Post-Pandemic State of Women’s Rights in the Philippines.” Emphasizing the gaps in Philippine laws in the digital age, it became an avenue for women and advocates to brainstorm solutions for gender-based problems that have continued and expanded to cyberspace. Within the college, the Office of the Associate Dean encouraged the UP…

UP IHR’s Atty. Baguilat takes part in the MOA signing to protect the intellectual property rights of IPs On 22 March 2023, UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) Senior Legal Associate Atty. Raymond Marvic Baguilat participated in the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) together with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) to protect the intellectual property rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs). The event was held in cooperation with the Kiangan Local Government Unit (LGU) headed by Mayor Atty. Raldis Andrei Bulayungan, assisted by Vice Mayor…

Workers and Employees Program (WEP) holds 11th Round Table Discussion on Freedom of Association The Workers and Employees Program (WEP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law/Law Center conducted a virtual Round Table Discussion (RTD) on 4 March 2023. This marks the second (2nd) RTD on Freedom of Association (FOA), and the eleventh (11th) RTD of WEP since it was established in June 2021. While the last RTD served to establish the rationale and context on FOA in the Philippines today, the latest RTD provided a platform for concerned labor organizations to propose measures that would strengthen the…