Student and Workers United

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Students & Workers United (SWU) is excited to welcome a Canada-wide tour from Filipino human rights lawyer and activist Neri Colmenares titled, "<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:break-spaces;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit">Defending Human Rights in the Philippines <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:break-spaces;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit">: People’s Resistance, Human Rights Law, and International Solidarity". This event will consist of a keynote lecture and Q&A session, followed by a short social/mingle period.  We hope through this event attendees have the opportunity to learn about the issues facing the Philippines today, <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">and how the Canadian government and those of us living in Canada can support human rights calls to action. Neri Colmenares is currently Vice President of the Confederation of Lawyers in Asian Pacific (COLAP), the National Advisor of the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) and a council member of the IBA Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI).  Students & Workers United (SWU) is a grassroots and progressive group organizing around issues being faced by community members in Victoria, BC, as well as focusing on issues that the Filipino people face in the diaspora and homeland, such as forced migration, family separation, human rights violations, and growing political issues.  Save the date Day: October 17thTime: Doors open at 9:45am, the event starts at 10am and goes until 11:30amLocation: Room 265, Diana M. Priestly Law Library, University of Victoria  - Program -9:45am Doors open10:00 Key note lecture10:30 Q&A/Discussion11:00 Social11:30 Event ends

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Students &amp; Workers United (SWU) is excited to welcome a Canada-wide tour from Filipino human rights lawyer and activist Neri Colmenares titled, "Defending Human Rights in the Philippines : People’s Resistance, Human Rights Law, and International Solidarity". This event will consist of a keynote lecture and Q&amp;A session, followed by a short social/mingle period.  We hope through this event attendees have the opportunity to learn about the issues facing the Philippines today, and how the Canadian government and those of us living in Canada can support human rights calls to action. Neri Colmenares is currently Vice President of the Confederation of Lawyers in Asian Pacific (COLAP), the National Advisor of the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) and a council member of the IBA Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI).  Students &amp; Workers United (SWU) is a grassroots and progressive group organizing around issues being faced by community members in Victoria, BC, as well as focusing on issues that the Filipino people face in the diaspora and homeland, such as forced migration, family separation, human rights violations, and growing political issues.  Save the date Day: October 17thTime: Doors open at 9:45am, the event starts at 10am and goes until 11:30amLocation: Room 265, Diana M. Priestly Law Library, University of Victoria  - Program -9:45am Doors open10:00 Key note lecture10:30 Q&amp;A/Discussion11:00 Social11:30 Event ends

Student and Workers United

Defending Human Rights in the Philippines : People’s Resistance, Human Rights Law, and International Solidarity - with Neri Colmenares

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