“The insistence on treating these deaths as operational successes is a deeply alarming signal from the State. It conveys to all members of the security forces that they can kill unarmed civilians and be rewarded. This is nothing less than State-sanctioned violence.”

NUPL is proud to have joined and supported the Confederation of Lawyers of Asia and the Pacific (COLAP) Conference 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. The three-day Conference tackled common issues on peace, human rights, climate change, migrants and refugee issues, and sectoral rights.

NUPL-NCR took a closer look at the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability, which was updated in 2022

The all-women batch of law student interns finish their internship program with firsthand experience in people's lawyering.

NUPL-NCR provided a seminar on human rights and free legal advice to residents of Brgy. Libis in Quezon City.

“We expect a concrete policy that will tend to curb human rights violations in the Philippines and ease the climate of impunity, not some motherhood statements praising its own human rights initiative like the human rights super body.”

UPLM remains committed to defending the rights of the marginalized and oppressed. This victory is not just for Datu Bay-ao, but for all those who strive for justice against wrongful accusations and systemic injustice.

The 12-member independent international delegation known as the “Caravana Filipina”* concluded its ten-day mission investigating the numerous attacks on Philippine lawyers, prosecutors, and judges since 2016. Representing 10 lawyers’ and human rights organizations...

“The overreaching powers inherent in the TFPSA and the ATA only serve as potent weapons to silence dissenting voices that the government has indiscriminately labeled as terrorists. But in what world can providing services to poor, disaster-stricken communities be considered an act that carries out, finances, or facilitates terrorism?”