The  Lawyers League for Liberty (Libertás), in cooperation with the UP Law Student Government, sponsored a Round Table Discussion titled “The Future of Philippine Elections: Reflections on the Automated ARMM Election” on 28 August 2008, 1 pm to 5 pm at the Lecture Hall, 2^nd Floor, Bocobo Hall, UP Law Center, Diliman, Quezon City.

"Money and Politics: Campaign Spending in the May 2007 Elections"

Pera at Pulitika (PAP) a consortium of civil society organizations which monitored the campaign spending of candidates in the May 2007 last national and local elections, presented its findings before journalists, academics, COMELEC officials and civil society members in a forum titled “Money and Politics: Campaign Spending in the May 2007 Elections" on August 27, 2008 at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas City. 

ANNI members attend the 13^th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions

The members of the Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) participated in the  NGO Meeting on Engagement with NHRIs from 27-29 July 2008 in Kuala Lumpur. The NGO meeting was  co-organized by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), the International Women’s Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and was held parallel to the 13^th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) of National Human Rights Institutions.