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“To be the underdog on a larger stage, to stand against overwhelming odds, to be held in the highest regard by those who matter most — our courageous clients who deserve fearless advocates, and the communities that entrust us with their causes — and to be recognized for it on the world stage: that is our truest measure of triumph.”
The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center selected NUPL for nearly two decades of coordinated legal work defending civil liberties amid documented cases of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and political persecution.
By introducing the red-tagging document in the RTC case, NUPL stressed that the lawyer formerly associated with NTF-ELCAC may have violated provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA)
Kristina Conti has never seen being a lawyer as a glamorous job recalling how her mother was paid in the form of bananas, fish, and other trinkets. And although she now also stands as the 5th nominee for Bayan Muna Partylist, she said that she has no expectations to become a lawmaker.
A memorandum issued by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Regional Field Unit based in La Union province reveals the existence of “Project ‘Exit the Greylist.’” It directly links the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) process to at least one terrorist financing case against an activist.
“The Philippine government must ensure the strict compliance by its national security forces with domestic and international laws protecting the basic rights of persons deprived of liberty and impose all necessary sanctions on those who ceaselessly and obstinately transgress these obligations."
Two lawyers, one of whom recently passed the 2022 Bar exams, share whypeople’s lawyering has become a necessity for them. By MAVIC CONDE Bulatlat.com Atty. Rea Guiloreza represents a student journalist for her first case as a lawyer. Photo courtesy of Atty. Sol...
“As Church, we are challenged by our present time and context to stand for truth… The Church will not and cannot be neutral on moral and ethical issues and concerns.”
"State forces will always be there to call us into submission, to prevent us from performing our sworn duties as lawyers. But I come to realize that there is no other way to stop the rights violations but to fight. Fight the system that breeds them."
"Indeed, it is tragic that so many have been victimized; but the perpetrators and the people behind them are sorely mistaken if they think that violence can defeat people’s advocacies. In the long run, impunity simply cannot prevail over demands for justice and accountability."
“There are ways forward. But certainly, the international community has a role in attaining justice, especially [since] the domestic mechanisms are severely compromised,”
After a decade, Mary Jane Veloso will now be able to narrate her ordeal in full.
"Clearly, there was no criminal act was and has been committed by Perez and Colabres for the police to 'arrest' them in the first place." By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Lawyers group denounced what they called a "malicious imputation of a crime and...
Forty-four leaders of various organizations appealed to the high court to declare the law unconstitutional, for it “insidiously encroaches upon fundamental and constitutional rights, such arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, liberty and property and the non-observance of the right to due process and to presumption of innocence.”
“The law serves as the trigger for a hand that has long been poised to shoot. Verily, the prosecution and escalated persecution of activists, dissenters, and even ordinary citizens who dare harbor opinions contrary to the government line are not questions of ‘if,’...
“It is the state’s duty to ensure and protect human rights at all times, more importantly during the time of crisis where the temptation or desire to resort to abuse of power is strong.”
“Some detention centers have clinics but have no doctors. There are only two to three doctors for the thousands of PDLs [persons deprived of liberty] in the whole capital.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – While human rights lawyers and relatives...
“This is a marching order for law enforcement authorities to use their weapon against the people unlawfully and without basis.”
“...[w]hy single out Mayor Sotto? Is this because he is supported by the people? Or is it because his response (to the pandemic) affirms the incompetence of the national government?”
Karapatan’s report highlighted the worsening situation of human rights in the country, “marked with by disrespect to the right to life and civil liberties, strengthened climate of impunity and closing civic and democratic spaces and unmet obligations to core international human rights convention.”
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