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Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago
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MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO
Curriculum Vitae
August 2014
PERSONAL DATA
Born 1945 in the Philippines
Father was presiding judge (RTC) and mother was college dean
Married to Narciso Y. Santiago, Jr., Filipino
Two adult sons, one dead
Office: Defensor Santiago Law Firm
4/F Narsan Blg.
3 West Fourth St.,
West Triangle
Quezon City, Philippines
Office email: [email protected]
Website: www.miriam.com.ph
Phone: (632) 371-9156
(632) 372-4573
(632) 411-4380
Fax: (632) 376-5936
WORK EXPERIENCE
In December 2011, she was elected by States Parties to Rome Statute as judge of the International Criminal Court for nine-year term. First Filipino and first Southeast Asian from a developing state to be thus elected.
But she waived the ICC privilege, after she was diagnosed with lung cancer, stage 4 (last stage). After six weeks on new medication, doctors found her cancer has regressed. She returned to work in the Philippine Senate.
| Senator, Republic of the
Philippines |
1995 - 2016 |
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• Chair, Committee on Foreign Relations
• Chair, Committee on Constitutional Amendments and
Revision of Codes
• Chair, Joint Congressional Oversight Committee
on Automated
Election System
• Chair, Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the
Overseas
Absentee Voting Act
• Chair, Commission on Appointments, Committee on Foreign
Affairs
• Chair, Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting
Forces Agreement
• Chair, Committee on Economic Affairs
• Chair, Special Oversight Committee on Economic Affairs
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| Senior Partner, Defensor Santiago Law Firm |
1992 – Present |
| Opinion Columnist, “Gadfly,” Today
newspaper |
1994 |
Presidential runner-up
(Ranked close No. 2 in scandalous
canvassing), 1992 Philippine
presidential elections
|
1992
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| President and founder, People’s Reform Party |
1991 – Present |
| Chair and founder, Movement for Responsible Public Service |
1990 –
Present |
Secretary of Agrarian Reform
• Chair, Presidential Agrarian Reform
Council Executive Committee
|
1989 |
Commissioner of
Immigration and Deportation
Member, Board of Directors: |
1988 – 1989
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• Public Estates Authority
• Philippine Retirement Authority
• Ninoy Aquino International Airport Authority
• Land Bank of the Philippines
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1988 – 1989
1988 – 1989
1988 – 1989
1989 |
| Opinion Columnist, “Overview,” Philippine Panorama Sunday
magazine |
1985 – 1988 |
Professorial Lecturer, College of Law, University of
the Philippines (evening class) |
1976 – 1988 |
| Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 106, Quezon City
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1983 – 1987 |
| Legal Consultant, University of the
Philippines Law Center |
1981 – 1983 |
| Legal Consultant, Philippine
Embassy, Washington, D.C. |
1982
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Legal Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, Geneva, Switzerland |
1979 –
1980 |
| Special Assistant to the Secretary
of Justice |
1970 – 1980 |
| Member, Board of Censors for Motion
Pictures |
1977 – 1979 |
| Opinion Columnist, Philippines
Daily Express newspaper |
1972 – 1975 |
| Professor of Political Science,
Trinity University of Asia |
1971 – 1974 |
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Juridical Science (Barbour Scholar and DeWitt Fellow),
University of Michigan. Requirements (except publication),
fulfilled in six months, with “A” average. |
1976 |
| Doctor of Laws, honoris causa,
Centro Escolar University |
1989 |
| Doctor of Laws, honoris causa,
Xavier University, Ateneo de Cagayan de Oro |
1989 |
| Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
University of San Agustin |
1989 |
| Master of Laws (DeWitt Fellow),
University of Michigan, with “A” average |
1975 |
Master of Arts in Religious Studies
(without thesis),
Maryhill School of Theology, Quezon City
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1996 |
| Bachelor of Laws, cum laude,
University of the Philippines |
1969 |
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, magna cum laude,
University of the Philippines. Finished in 3-1/2
instead of 4 years,
with an average grade in the last semester
of 1.1. |
1965 |
| Member, Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Kappa
Phi international honor societies |
1969 |
Valedictorian, Iloilo Provincial
National High School. Awardee,
All-Around Girl Medallion. |
1961 |
| Valedictorian, La Paz Elementary
School |
1957 |
POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES:
| Visiting Law Fellow, St. Hilda’s College,
Oxford University |
2000 |
Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International
Law,
Cambridge University |
1999 |
Paris-Geneva Summer Program in
International Law, sponsored
by American University |
1998 |
Summer Program in Law at Oxford University, sponsored by
Florida State University |
1997 |
| Summer Program of Instruction for Lawyers,
Harvard University |
1996 |
Graduate, California Judicial College, University of California
at Berkeley.
In the practical courtroom test, American
judges gave her the
highest grade of 33 out of 35. |
1985 |
Fellow, Seminar on judicial writing and caseflow management in
the
trial courts, Institute of Judicial Administration, Supreme
Court.
Topnotcher of examination in judicial writing
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1984 |
Fellow, UN/UNITAR Programme in International Law,
The Hague,
Holland and Brussels, Belgium |
1978
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Fellow, External Session of The Hague Academy of International
Law,
Tokyo, Japan |
1978 |
Fellow, Academy of American and International Law,
Southwestern
Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas
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1972 |
CONFERENCES
| Official delegate in numerous state
visits by Pres. Arroyo |
2007-2009 |
Speaker, Panel on the Status of
Ratification and Implementation
of the Rome Statute in Asian countries, Asia- Pacific
Parliamentary
Consultation on the Universality of the Rome Statute of
the International
Criminal Court (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
2011 |
Head of Delegation, 6th
International Conference of Tibet
Support Groups, Haryana, Dharamsala, India |
2010 |
Speaker, Panel on Gender Justice
and Human Rights, 32nd Annual Forum
Empowering Women – Building Human Security,
Istanbul, Turkey |
2010 |
| Delegate, 5th World
Parliamentarian’s Convention on Tibet, Rome, Italy |
2009 |
| Delegate, World Economic Forum,
Davos, Switzerland |
2008 |
Head of Delegation, 13th Annual
Meeting of the Asia-Pacific
Parliamentary Forum, Ha Long City, S.R. Viet Nam |
2005 |
Delegate, Third Session of the
Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians
for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and
the Rule of Law,
Wellington, New Zealand |
2004 |
| Fellow, Chinese People’s Institute
of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China |
2002 |
| Keynote Speaker, Island Conference
on Public Administration, University of Guam |
1992 |
| Fellow, Williamsburg Conference,
Chiangmai, Thailand |
1990 |
| Fellow, International Visitor
Program, Washington, DC and Los Angeles |
1989 |
| Fellow, Special Visits Program,
Sydney and Canberra, Australia |
1988 |
Chairperson, 13th Roundtable on
Current Problems of International
Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy |
1988 |
| Philippine Delegate, Interpol
General Assembly Session, Nice, France |
1987 |
| Secretary-General, ASEAN Women
Judges Conference, Manila |
1987 |
| Fellow, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, California |
1985 |
Philippine Delegate, First
International Seminar-Workshop on Managing
Delay in the Courts, Manila |
1983 |
| Chairperson, Second Philippine
Goodwill Mission to the Republic of China |
1968 |
Philippine Delegate, First
Southeast Asian and Australasian Law
Students’ Seminar, Singapore |
1967 |
BOOKS:
(Cited as authority in Philippine Supreme Court cases)
Law 2014 ed.
Constitutional Law, Volume 1 – Political Structure
Constitutional Law, Volume 2 – Bill of Rights
International Law, With Philippine Cases and Materials and ASEAN
Instruments
International Law (co-author)
Rules of Court Annotated
Civil Code Annotated
Penal Code Annotated
Constitution Annotated
Corporation Code Annotated
Election Code Annotated
Insurance Code Annotated
Local Government Code Annotated
National Internal Revenue Code Annotated
Tariff and Customs Code Annotated
Philosophy 2003 ed.
History of Philosophy, The Great Philosophers
Political Philosophy, Theory and Issues in Politics
Philosophy of Religion, Western and Eastern Religions
Moral Philosophy, Theory and Issues in Ethics (in progress)
Politics
International Relations 2d. ed.
Politics and Governance
Christianity vs. Corruption
At the Turn of the Century: National Policy Issues in the Philippines
Cutting Edge: The Politics of Reform in the Philippines
Where Angels Fear to Tread: Politics and Religion
How to Fight Election Fraud
How to Fight Graft
Literature
Inventing Myself: an Autobiography
A Frabjous Day and Other Stories
The Miriam Dictionary
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Google Top 20 Most Influential Filipinas of 2010
Womanity Award for public service 2010, on website Female Network
“Order of Civil Merit,” Kingdom of Spain, 2008
“The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World,” The Australian magazine, 1996
http://wisdom.psinet.au/~kabu/100mpw.html
Magsaysay Award for Government Service, 1988.
Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, Magsaysay Awards
Foundation.
TOYM Award for Law, 1985 (The Outstanding Young Men)
Opened to Women 1984, Philippine Jaycees
TOWNS Award for Law, 1986 (The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s
Service)
Philippine Lions
Most Outstanding Alumna in Law, University of the Philippines, 1988
Gold Vision Triangle Award for government service, 1988
YMCA Philippines
Republic Anniversary Award for law enforcement, 1988
Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines
Golden Jubilee Achievement Award for public service, 1990
Girl Scouts of the Philippines
Celebrity Mother Award, 1991
Gintong Ina Awards Foundation
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