15/06/2020
Maligayang Kaarawan, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago!
Bilang pagdiriwang ng espesyal na araw ng namayapang senador, tingnan ang ilan sa mga tagumpay niya sa buhay.
Academic Background:
• Visiting Fellow, St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
• Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
• Paris-Geneva Summer Program in International Law, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
• Summer Program in Law, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
• Summer Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard University, United States of America.
• Graduate, California Judicial College, University of California at Berkeley, United States of America.
• Fellow, Seminar on judicial writing and case flow management in the trial courts, Institute of Judicial Administration, Quezon City.
• Fellow, UN/UNITAR Programme in International Law, The Hague, Netherlands and Brussels, Belgium.
• Fellow, External Session of The Hague Academy of International Law, Tokyo, Japan.
• Fellow, Academy of American and International Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, United States of America.
• LL.D. (Barbour Scholar and DeWitt Fellow), University of Michigan, United States of America.
• LL.M. (DeWitt Fellow), University of Michigan, United States of America.
• LL.B. (cum laude), University of the Philippines.
• BA Political Science (magna cm laude), University of the Philippines.
Professional experience:
2010-2016 Senator of the Republic of the Philippines.
2004-2010 Senator of the Republic of the Philippines.
1995-2001 Senator of the Republic of the Philippines.
1989 Secretary (Minister) of Agrarian Reform.
1988-1989 Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration and Deportation.
1976-1988 Professorial Lecturer, College of Law, University of the Philippines.
1983-1987 Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 106, Quezon City.
Other professional experience:
2008 Philippine candidate to the International Court of Justice.
1994 Opinion Columnist, “Gadfly,” Today newspaper.
1992-2016 Senior Partner, Defensor-Santiago Law Firm.
1992 Presidential candidate (with second highest number of votes).
1991-2016 President and Founder, People’s Reform Party.
1990-2016 Chair and Founder, Movement for Responsible Public Service.
Member, Board of Directors
• Public Estates Authority, 1988-1989
• Philippine Retirement Authority, 1988-1989
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport Authority, 1988-1989
• Landbank of the Philippines, 1989
Opinion Columnist, “Overview,” Philippine Panorama Sunday magazine.
1981-1983 Legal Consultant, University of the Philippines Law Center.
1982 Legal Consultant, Philippine Embassy, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
1979-1980 Legal Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
Geneva, Switzerland.
1970-1980 Special Assistant to the Secretary (Minister) of Justice
Decorations and citations:
• Top Womanity Award for Public Service (2011, Female Network)
• Order of Civil Merit (2008, Kingdom of Spain)
• Diamond Award for excellence in the legal profession (1993, University of the Philippines
Portia Sorority)
• Award of Honor (1990, 1991 and 1993, U.P. Women’s Law Circle)
• Golden Jubilee Achievement Award for government service (1990, Girl Scouts of the
Philippines)
• Magsaysay Award for Government Service (1988, Ramon Magsaysay Foundation)
• Professional award in law (1988, University of the Philippines Alumni Association)
• Gold Vision Triangle Award for government service (1988, YMCA Philippines)
• Republic Anniversary Award for law enforcement (1988, Civic Assembly of Women in the
Philippines)
• Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service Award for Law (1986, Philippine Lions)
• Ten Outstanding Young Men Award for Law (1985, Philippine Jaycees)
Salamat sa iyong serbisyo, Senator!
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Sanggunian: International Criminal Court (ICC) documents