UP GLPP, in partnership with The Asia Foundation, holds National Conference, culminates discussions toward support for Anti-Discrimination Ordinances and SOGIES Equality Bill Last 11 June 2024, the University of the Philippines College of Law Gender Law and Policy Program (UP GLPP), in partnership with The Asia Foundation (TAF), held a national conference entitled, The Path Towards an Anti-Discrimination Law: A Regional Conference on Issues, Challenges, and Strategies,  at Novotel Manila Araneta City. The national conference was the last of the three conferences that UP GLPP was set to conduct for the then-ongoing EMERGE Project with TAF. Associate Justice Maria Filomena…

BRI Successfully Concludes 2024 Bar Review Program, Transmits to the Supreme Court Experts' Suggested Answers to the Bar Exam With the conclusion of the 2024 bar examinations, the University of the Philippines Law Center Bar Review Institute (UP BRI) is proud to have played a part in the journey of many who aspire to be lawyers and have enrolled in the UP BRI’s Bar Review Programs. From November 2023 to April 2024, UP BRI’s Advanced Bar Review Program helped kickstart the bar reviewees' early preparations, followed by the Regular Bar Review Program from March 2024 to September 2024.  With these…

UP IHR holds Consultation on UNCRC General Comment No. 27 on Children’s Rights to Access to Justice and Effective Remedies On September 20, 2024, UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR), in partnership with Child Rights Coalition Asia, held a consultation on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) General Comment No. 27 (GC 27) on Children’s Rights to Access to Justice and Effective Remedies. UP IHR Director Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan opened the program with a strong message of justice for children. Drawing from her years of service as an advocate for children’s rights…

UPLC WEP Holds Alpás Training for Private Sector Workers The University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program (WEP) conducted virtually via Zoom the Alpás: WEP 2024 Training Series on Termination of Employment and Gender Orientation for Private Sector Workers on Saturdays, from 10 August 2024 to 14 September 2024. The forty (40) participants included representatives from unions, federations, labor organizations, and non-government organizations as well as workers in education, health care, power, telecommunications, paralegal, legal, transportation, and online. To date, Alpás is the fourth Training Series conducted by WEP and follows the 2022 WEP Training Series…

WEP, DOLE Second Paralegal Training Program Goes On Despite Carina and Habagat The University of the Philippines (UP) Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program (WEP), in collaboration with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), conducted the Second Paralegal Training Program on Labor Rights and Remedies last 23-28 July 2024 at the Pine Room, Sequioa Hotel, Quezon City.  Thirty-six (36) workers from various unions, federations, and other labor organizations in Regions IV-A, VI, VII, XI, and the National Capital Region took part. Given the 39 participants from the first paralegal training held in April 2024, the WEP DOLE Paralegal…