Pagadian City - "The Writ of Amparo is an important legal mechanism that human rights lawyers could effectively use in their work with the hope that it will help stem the wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the country. Two victims from Mindanao have already been surfaced by the military as a result of successful Writ of Amparo petitions.", Atty. Neri Javier Colmenares, Secretary-General of NUPL said in his invitation to two of our lawyers here in Pagadian City.

Atty. Tirsendo C. Poloyapoy and Atty. Emiliano R. Deleverio, Vice Chairman of the Union of People's Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM), are invited as speakers in the "Forum and Case Conference on the Writ of Amparo and the Writ of Habeas Data" on December 8, 2007, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at the Sulu Hotel, Quezon City. The event is organized by the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) with the support of the Asia Foundation.

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They will join Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato S. Puno who will make a review of the Writ of Amparo and the Writ of Habeas Data.

It will be attended by human rights lawyers from the National Capital region, Central Luzon, and Southern Tagalog Regions, as well as members of the academe, Law students, human rights groups and the victims-petitioners.

The objective of the activity is to provide a forum for the sharing of experiences on the Amparo petitions to cull lessons from the  same and help other lawyers in preparing their respective Amparo petitions.

Atty. Colmenares also requested Atty. Poloyapoy and Atty. Deleverio to discuss the Petition they filed and the factors that led to the success of the petition in the morning session. They were also requested to discuss in detail the petition during the 'case conference' scheduled in the afternoon of December 8, 2007. They also requested the two Lawyers to bring copies of their petition, the return and the decision so that they can share the same with other NUPL members.

 

Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno is invited to discuss the concepts of the Writ of Amparo and the Writ of Habeas Data.