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A Research Scoping Major and Outstanding Issues on Transitional Justice in the Philippines

The Philippines is said to have transitioned from dictatorship to democracy, but much of the conflicts arising from the despotic regime remain until today. This scoping research aims to map-out those major issues and scan various initiatives done so far using the framework of transitional justice. It seeks to provide baseline information useful for advocates of the rule of law and justice in pushing for the adoption of the Transitional Justice Framework in their engagement with the government

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Alternative Law Groups: Empowering Communities Towards Greater Access to Justice in the Philippines

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Access to Justice Project

ALG's Access to Justice project aimed to enable the poor to pursue justice through their increased knowledge about basic rights and the judicial system. Furthermore, we also worked on expanding legal information desks in the barangay and municipal court levels.

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NAMATI Project

We are the current Regional Anchor in Southeast Asia for the Legal Empowerment Network - Namati, a community of grassroots justice defenders spread across the world. We are responsible for convening the members in the whol

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AJAR Project

We have partnered with the Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), a Jakarta-based NGO that aims to strengthen human rights and alleviate entrenched impunity in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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Court Appointments Watch

We are a primary member of a network composed of people from the academe, youth, civil society organizations, the private sector, and the media that aims to raise public engagement on the judicial appointments process.

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OMCT Project

The OMCT Project addresses the need to enhance the capacities of civil society to prepare for the use of prosecutorial and other mechanisms for exacting accountability from state agents and the government for the numerous

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