NUPL Secretary General Atty. Josalee Deinla speaks on the cost that comes with people’s lawyering during her acceptance speech for the 2026 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award received on behalf of the NUPL last June 4,...
NUPL | Jun 17, 2026
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Where Is Jovito Palparan? Families of Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan Demand Disclosure of Convicted Human Rights Violator’s Whereabouts
Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño, mothers of abducted University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, filed a Manifestation before the Supreme Court seeking to compel the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to disclose the present...
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2026
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National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers Receives the 2026 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
"This award is a salute to our battle-scarred visionary leaders, but above all, it belongs to our fallen. It honors Atty. Benjamin Ramos, Atty. Juan Macababbad, and others who paid the ultimate price for standing with poor peasants, workers, and indigenous...
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In the Service of the Filipino People
NUPL Vice President Atty. Angelo Karlo Guillen and Secretary General Atty. Josa Deinla with lawyers from the Kennedy Human Rights Center and Kerry Kennedy at the Capitol in Washington D.C.
