03/12/2021
SALAKNIB: SAngguniang LAkas Para Sa Katarungan at Kapayapaan Na Naglilingkod Sa Inang Bayan
“SALAKNIB”, an Ilocano word meaning “protection”, stands for SAngguniang LAkas Para Sa Katarungan at Kapayapaan Na Naglilingkod Sa Inang Bayan. This is the extension program of the College of Legal and Criminal Justice Education (CLCJE) which upholds and protects human dignity by providing developmental legal and paralegal services to its mission partner communities.
On October 29, 2021, a MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT was signed by the COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Regional Office 1 (CHR ROI) and SAINT LOUIS COLLEGE (SLC) – College of Law making the latter as the Gender Ombud Partner Institution in the region to be facilitated through the dynamic leadership of ATTY. EDWIN C. SIAPCO, Dean, College of Legal and Criminal Justice Education and ATTY. DIRIC V. GALANTO, Director, SLC Clinical Legal Education Program.
This partnership aimed at enhancing the women, girls and Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Q***r, and Intersex or LGBTQI’s access to justice through the provision of legal assistance and counselling and conduct of joint training and capacity building.
CHR ROI and SLC – COLLEGE OF LAW mutually agree to:
1. work together in responding to cases of Gender - Based Violence (GBV), discrimination, and other gender-related human rights violations pursuant to the Commission’s mandate as Gender Ombud and the organization’s vision and mission;
2. mutually work towards strengthened capacities of both institutions to respond and provide legal counselling and services and to enhancing capacities towards gender sensitive and survivor centered approach in the provision of legal aid and counselling;
3. contribute towards strengthened referral mechanisms in cases of GBV, discrimination, and other gender-related human rights violations, and to recommend measures to enhance access to justice for women, girls, and persons of diverse S*xual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and S*x Characteristics (SOGIESC) in the region.
SLC – COLLEGE OF LAW as the Gender Ombud Partner Institution in the region has received Gender Ombud Partner Institution Fund amounting to Php 50,000.00 to be spent exclusively for the provision of legal aid and assistance pursuant to the provisions of the MOA.
SLC - College of Legal and Criminal Justice Education