GMA news reports that human rights lawyers from the Asia and the Pacific will convene in Pasay City next week to tackle upholding human rights amid global economic crisis and conflict.
The Catholic Bishops? Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said the 5th Conference of Lawyers in Asia-Pacific (COLAP) will be held at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City September 18 and 19.
?Some 300 lawyers, law students, paralegal officers, and legal luminaries, local and foreign, will gather for the conference, bearing the theme ?Human Rights and Peace Amidst Global Economic Crisis and Conflict.? Joining them are representatives from different human rights organizations as well as some members of the academe, advancing the cause of the protection of, and respect, for human rights,” the CBCP said in its news site.
Organized by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), the meet is expected to have Vice President Jejomar Binay deliver the welcome remarks.
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