UP IHR Co-organizes Webinar Series on Human Rights and A2J for Young Women The UP Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) and the University of the Philippines Foundation for Integrative and Development Studies Inc. (UP FIDS), together with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN), invite interested participants to its webinar series on human rights and access to justice (A2J) issues of young women. Prof. Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan, Director of UP IHR and FIDS Project Leader, and the other UP IHR lawyers, Atty. Glenda Litong, Atty. Daniel Lising, MD, Atty. Raymond Baguilat and Atty.…

The Search Committee announces the final list of candidates for Dean of the UP College of Law: AGUILING-PANGALANGAN, Elizabeth H. (Curriculum Vitae; Vision/Mission Statements; Nomination Letter01, Nomination Letter02) BATONGBACAL, Jay L. (Curriculum Vitae; Vision/Mission Statements; Nomination Letter) OLASO-CORONEL, Sandra Marie (Curriculum Vitae; Vision/Mission Statements; Nomination Letter01, Nomination Letter02, Nomination Letter03) VISTAN II, Edgardo Carlo L. (Curriculum Vitae; Vision/Mission Statements; Nomination Letter) There will be a public forum on the search for the next UP College of Law Dean on 15 January 2021, from 9 am to 12 noon via Zoom. You can register using this link https://forms.gle/AF6XR9bn9pv2LeeTA For inquiries, you can email…

UP Institute of Human Rights Official Statement on the Killing of Sonia and Frank Gregorio The UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) condemns, in the strongest terms, the killing of Sonia and Frank Gregorio on 20 December 2020 in Paniqui, Tarlac. The UP IHR rejects the argument that the murder of Sonia and Frank Gregorio is an isolated incident. No, the death of unarmed civilians who did not pose a mortal threat to their armed assailants, typically state or para-military personnel, is by no means the rare exception. This latest cold-blooded killing did not occur in a…