The Public Interest Law Center (PILC) renders legal services mainly to organized sectors of Philippine society on legal issues that have a direct or indirect impact on the lives of numerous classes. As a principal mission, PILC is committed towards fighting for actual, tangible, and quantifiable gains for its clients. On a supportive role, PILC realizes that its legal advocacy and battles inspire and promote the organization of the poor and oppressed and their conscientization towards fighting injustice and oppression.

A Human Rights Perspective on the International Instruments, Law Institutions on Migrant Workers

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By Romeo T. Capulong

As a human rights lawyer and now a member of a United Nations Criminal Tribunal, and particularly because of my unforgettable experience in March 1995, in our collective efforts to save the life of Flor Contemplacion, I feel honored to be one of your speakers in this important conference.  read more »

Estrada’s Trip to US a Pretext to Escape Criminal Prosecution and Punishment

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Counsel for the eighty (80) complainants and private prosecutors Romeo T. Capulong, Marie Yuvienco and Jayson Lamchek in the plunder and forfeiture of ill-gotten wealth cases against former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada today issued the following statement in connection with the latter’s plan to go to the U.S. purportedly for eye treatment:  read more »

A lawyer in the time of upheaval

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By Romeo T. Capulong

It was a time of great awakening. It was a season of dying for a desperate regime. It was a moment of great hope for an indignant people. It was a point of no return for an isolated ruler. It was the flowering of the people's movement. It was the winter of desolation for a tottering, puppet regime facing its last days.

The lawyer in a time of upheaval is a marcher for freedom, a toiler for the future that the masses are creating with their own hands.  read more »

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