UP Institute of Human Rights Marks Indigenous Peoples Month with Advocacy and Action The University of the Philippines Law Center – Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) and its Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program join the nation in commemorating Indigenous Peoples Month this October. The observance is rooted in Presidential Proclamation No. 1906 (2009), which underscores the Constitutional mandate to recognize and protect the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) within the framework of national unity and development. This is further reinforced by Republic Act No. 8371, otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997.…

Election Issues of Workers, Freedom of Association, Special Groups of Workers the Focus of WEP 2025 Round Table Discussions The University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program held three more sets of online round table discussions (RTDs) with labor unions, federations, labor and labor-related non-government organizations, and individual workers.  These followed the first RTD on Security of Tenure held in February 2025, and the onsite WEP-Federation of Free Workers (FFW)-National Anti-Poverty Commission Formal Labor and Migrant Workers Sectoral Council (NAPC-FLMWSC) Workers’ Forum: Talakayan hinggil sa Security of Tenure bills, Freedom of Association bills, Living Wages bills,…

The University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program (WEP) held three sets of trainings for workers in 2025 The University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program (WEP) held three sets of trainings for workers in 2025: the Labor and Gender Training with the UPLC Gender Law and Policy Program on 6-7 March 2025, the DOLE-UP Paralegal Training Program on Labor Rights and Remedies in March, June, and August 2025, and the Bigkis WEP 2025 Training Series on Labor Relations for private sector workers in July and on 20 September 2025.   UPLC…

UP Law 2000 hosts 2025 UP Law Malcolm Cup at the Orchard Golf and Country Club One hundred three (103) golfers participated in the 2025 UP Law Malcolm Cup hosted by UP Law Class of 2000 at the Player Course of the internationally recognized Orchard Golf and Country Club on 30 September 2025. Team 90s, composed of graduates of the University of the Philippines College of Law from 1990 to 1999, edged Team 80s, composed of alumni from 1980 to 1989, by two strokes to emerge as Champion in the team event. Team 80s finished as 1st Runner Up. Sikini…

We are Now Accepting Applications for the 2026 Young Leaders Program The UP College of Law, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, is now accepting applications for the 2026 Young Leaders’ Program. Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents for screening, both in original and photocopy: Application for Admission (prescribed form) Photographs (6 x 4 cm, taken within the past 6 months, should be affixed on each of the 2 application forms) Official Transcript or Certified Academic Record issued by the university the applicant attended Recommendation Letter from the recommending authority Two Recommendation Letters from the employer…

Workers’ Forum on Key Labor Bills Filed in the 20th Congress The University of the Philippines Law Center – Workers and Employees Program (UPLC-WEP), the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), and the National Anti-Poverty Commission Formal Labor and Migrant Workers Sectoral Council (NAPC-FLMWSC) jointly conducted the “Workers’ Forum: Talakayan hinggil sa Security of Tenure bills, Freedom of Association bills, Living Wages bills, at ilang amendments sa Labor Code” on 1 August 2025. The whole-day event took place at Function Rooms A and B of Bocobo Hall, UP Diliman, and focused on labor-related bills filed in the House of Representatives and…