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UP Team bags Team Prize in Best Victim’s Counsel at the 2018 ICC Moot Court Competition

UP Team bags Team Prize in Best Victim's Counsel at the 2018 ICC Moot Court Competition The UP Law team showed their true mettle at the 2018 Universiteit Leiden - International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition (English Edition), where the students finished as Quarter Finalists among representatives of 45 countries. They likewise garnered the Team Prize for Best Victim's Counsel. The team was composed of Cathy Alcantara, Hilton Aguila Lazo, Michelle Lao, Anton Sison, Deanna Clarisse Heceta, and team captain Vaupetroanji Peña. Coaching their team was Atty. Raphael A. Pangalangan, while their Faculty adviser was Prof. Nicholas Ty. The competition,…

Prof. Batongbacal: Foreign Policy skewed in favor of China

Prof. Batongbacal: Foreign Policy skewed in favor of China Maritime law expert, Dr. Jay Batongbacal expressed concern over the fast moving developments in the West Philippine Sea that are resulting in Chinese militarization of the Spratly Islands. Guesting on “Bawal ang Pasaway” he cautioned that the “soft landing” foreign policy of the Duterte administration towards China, has so far not yielded proportionate gains for the Philippines. Professor Batongbacal is Associate Dean for Research and Development at the UP College of Law and Director of the UP Law Center’s Institute of Maritime Affairs and the Law of the Sea. “Bawal ang Pasaway,” is…

IHR holds training: “Strengthening Support for RPRH Law Implementation”

The Institute of Human Rights, in cooperation with the Population Commission, conducted a three-day seminar last April 4 to 6, 2018 entitled “Strengthening Support for RPRH Law Implementation: Training of Legal Advocates.”

This seminar aimed to capacitate legal advocates on defending the full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law (RPRH Law) through building their knowledge and skills on the RPRH Law and other relevant statutes, on clarifying misconceptions on the interpretation of the law particularly for LGU implementers, and on providing legal remedies for implementers of RPRH Law being question and harassed by anti-RH Groups. The seminar also aimed to provide guidance and support to the Legal Support Team in dealing with legal barriers posed against the full implementation of the RPRH Law.

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UP Law members among signatories for “A Call for Adherence to Constitutional Process”

UP Law members among signatories for “A Call for Adherence to Constitutional Process” Quoting Justice JBL Reyes’s words “No Master but Law; No Guide but Conscience; No Aim but Justice,” UP Law members, along with various law faculties, signed a statement expressing concern over unconstitutional means used to remove former Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The statement was released on May 10, 2018, prior the Supreme Court decision granting the quo warranto petition on May 11. Over 130 signatories firmly insisted that “the integrity of the process is as important as its result.” The full document appears below.…

A lesson in a quo warranto pleadings

A lesson in a quo warranto pleadings Professors of Constitutional Law, Dante Gatmaytan and Tony La Viña both agree that in entertaining the a quo warranto petition against the Chief Justice has diminished the Supreme Court. In a Q & A interview with Rappler’s Lian Buan, Professor Gatmaytan opined that the Solicitor General of the country should have known better than to file an unconstitutional a quo warranto case, and that “following law and jurisprudence” the Supreme Court Justices “should have dismissed it.” The twenty-minute interview covered a range of questions dealing with: options open in case of an unfavorable…

UP Law students join mobilization after CJ Sereno ouster

UP Law students join mobilization after CJ Sereno ouster The studentry of the UP College of Law, supported by the UP Law Student Government (UP LSG), marched in protest following the decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines to grant the quo warranto petition ousting the former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on May 11, 2018. With calls to uphold the rule of law and defend democracy, the gathering commenced in front of Malcolm Hall for a short program before convening with students from other UP colleges, Ateneo de Manila University, and Miriam College at Katipunan Avenue for the…

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