The Institute of International Legal Studies announces the online publication of the maiden issue of the International Legal Studies Journal (ILSJ). Formerly known as the World Bulletin, ILSJ traces its roots as a periodical of the International Studies Institute of the Philippines (ISIP) in 1985, where it continued to evolve into the Journal that it is today. It is now a yearly publication of the Institute of International Legal Studies of the UP Law Center, which aims to produce peer-reviewed scholarly articles on significant developments in various areas of International Law and related fields. The 2026 Edition includes…

  The Philippine Law Journal, in collaboration with the University of the Philippines College of Law, commemorates the 54th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. More than five decades later, the memory of Martial Law continues to shape our legal system and national memory. Through this collection of Philippine Law Journal articles from that period and beyond, we invite readers to reflect, remember, and continue the work of building a more just future through legal education and scholarship. The Philippine Law Journal  is the flagship peer-reviewed, student-edited law review of the University of the Philippines College of Law and…

Ahead of the 1st Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections scheduled on 14 September 2026, Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (NMIPs) convened the Regional Inter-Tribal Convention (RITC) on 24–25 August 2026 in Cotabato City to select their mandatory representatives to the BARMM Parliament. In accordance with the customary laws of the Blaan, Dulangan Menubu, Erumanen ne Menuvu, Higaonon, Lambangian, and Tëduray Indigenous Peoples, the RITC allowed the respective communities to select their mandatory representatives, as guaranteed by the Bangsamoro Organic Law. The RITC also served as a mechanism for the NMIPs to decide whether to adopt a rotation arrangement…

    University of the Philippines Assistant Professor Andre C. Palacios, who is also the Executive Director of the ASEAN Law Institute, chaired the opening session of the ASEAN Law Conference at the InterContinental Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 21 July 2026. Singapore Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon delivered the opening session keynote address on the importance of arbitration to ASEAN. Four legal experts then discussed how their country has implemented the UN Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, also known as the New York Convention. Court of Appeal President Datuk Seri Abu Bakar bin Jais (Malaysia)…

Professor Elizabeth H. Aguiling-Pangalangan, the Philippine Representative for Children’s Rights to the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) and Head of the UP Institute of Human Rights(UP IHR) Child’s Rights Program, continued to serve as amicus curiae during the concluding oral arguments in Baluyot v. Antonio-Baluyot before the Supreme Court on 11 August 2026. The case presents a novel question of law of whether Philippine courts should recognize a foreign divorce decree obtained by two Filipino citizens, considering the absence of an absolute divorce law in the Philippines. While interpellating Solicitor…

    The UP Institute of International Legal Studies (IILS), together with the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS) and the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization (WTO), hosted the 2nd High-Level Roundtable on Trade, Climate, and Sustainable Development: Towards a Trade-Related Climate Strategy for a Climate-Resilient Philippines on 09 July 2026 at the Conference Room in Bocobo Hall, UP Law Center, Diliman, Quezon City. The event that featured six key sessions had over 90 representatives from key government agencies, including the Department of Energy, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Climate Change Commission,…