Members of the UP Law Faculty issue Statement of Support for Pride Month “The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” These words by former US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. echo the voices in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community who long for ample protection of the law in order to live full and dignified lives. The experiences of Filipino gender minorities reveal a history of repression and exclusion in the legal institutions that the majority of us never had to fight to get access to. Our experiences…

Former UP Law Dean Raul Cano Pangalangan Retires from the International Criminal Court Former UP Law Dean Raul Cano Pangalangan has retired as one of the 18 judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Six years ago, he was elected to that body to fill in the post left behind by the late Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago. He served on the international court from 13 July 2015 to 10 March 2021, with him continuing in office until 16 May 2021. Even before his election, he had been involved with the court, having assisted in drafting the Rome Statute, which established…

UP GLPP HOLDS ITS FIRST GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT WEBINAR Last 09 April 2021, the UP Gender Law and Policy Program (UPGLPP) of the University of the Philippines College of Law hosted its first Gender and Development Webinar entitled “Gender and Development 101: A Webinar on Gender Sensitivity,” which was livestreamed in the official Facebook page of the UP College of Law was livestreamed in the official Facebook page of the UP College of Law. Aimed towards creating, continuing, and expanding the spaces for dialogue regarding gender-related issues in educational institutions, the GAD Webinar provided an overview of the fundamentals of…

UP College of Law Faculty Statement on President Duterte's Declarations Regarding the WPS We, the undersigned faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law, in reference to the statements made by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte that the 2016 Arbitral Award is a mere scrap of paper that should be “thrown to the wastebasket,” that China is “in possession” of the West Philippine Sea (WPS), and that Chinese fishermen are free to fish in the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), respectfully state: We object. Words have power, amplified by the power of the person who uttered them. When a…