Center for International Law

Lawyers & Journalists from Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos in CenterLaw Training 14-16 March 2011

Administrator — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:11:08 +0000

Lawyers and journalists from Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos have just finished a three-day capacity-building training on freedom of expression in Manila. Center for International Law, British Embassy Manila and South East Asia Media Legal Defence Network (MLDI) organized the three-day training at the University of the Philippines College of Law. The need for this [...]

ICC Judge Sang-Hyun Song in Manila 7-8 March 2011

Administrator — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:10:59 +0000

Center for International Law co-sponsored with the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC) the welcome reception and public forum for International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Sang-Hyun Song on 7-8 March 2011. The dinner reception held at Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila on 7 March 2011 was attended by all the members [...]

Victims of Massacre Seek UN Special Rapporteur’s Help on Ampatuan Case

Administrator — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:56:34 +0000

RELATIVES of victims of the year-old Maguindanao massacre on Monday sought the help of the visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression in speeding up prosecution of members of the Ampatuan family and more than a hundred others charged with the multiple killings that have been described as the country’s worst [...]

2nd South East Asia Media Defense Litigation Conference

Administrator — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:57:00 +0000

Lawyers and journalists from South East Asian countries met in Cebu City, Philippines on October 27-29, 2009 for the 2nd South East Asia Media Defense Litigation Conference. Center for International Law (CenterLaw) organized the conference with Britain’s Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Rule of Law Asia Program and Southeast Asian [...]

CenterLaw in Northern Mindanao

Administrator — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:33:08 +0000

The seminar at Cagayan de Oro on October 25-26, 2009 for Northern Mindanao-based prosecutors had a similar program to that of Eastern Visayas but a different thrust because Mindanao has an ongoing armed conflict. The emphasis shifted towards strengthening the prosecutors’ capacity towards building cases against violations of international humanitarian law. CenterLaw also worked with [...]