ABOUT
Ruby Rosselle “Ross” Tugade is a Filipino lawyer with experience in documentation, monitoring, and analysis of large-scale human rights violations in the Philippines. Prior to joining CenterLaw and the Butuyan & Rayel Law Offices, she was part of two national human rights mechanisms: the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board, a quasi-judicial transitional justice reparations body, and the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, the national human rights institution of the country. She is also a law and political science lecturer in two of the country’s leading universities, and serves as a resource person for talks relating to contemporary human rights issues. Ross is a published writer in various academic and mainstream media platforms.
WORK EXPERIENCE
March 2021 - Present
Associate
Butuyan & Rayel Law Offices
Makati City, Philippines
Fellow
Center for International Law (CenterLaw)
Makati City, Philippines
February 2021 - Present
Lecturer
Department of Political Science, Ateneo de Manila University
Quezon City, Philippines
September 2020 - Present
Senior Lecturer
University of the Philippines - College of Law
Quezon City, Philippines
April 2018 - March 2021
Attorney IV
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
Quezon City, Philippines
July 2017 - April 2018
Legal Officer & Executive Assistant V
Human Rights Victims' Claims Board
Quezon City, Philippines
EDUCATION
2019 - 2020
University for Peace & United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
Master of Laws in Transnational Crime & Justice
Turin, Italy
2012 - 2016
University of the Philippines
Juris Doctor
Quezon City, Philippines
2006 - 2010
Ateneo de Manila University
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Quezon City, Philippines
PUBLICATIONS
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Never Again, the limits of the law, and the demands of history, PhilStar Life
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With Ben&Ben, all roads lead to home, CNN Philippines
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Enforcing the Right to Health: the Philippines and COVID-19 from a Human Rights Perspective, Bedan Law Review
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What does the LGBTQIA+ community need from our legislators?, CNN Philippines
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Beyond Legal Transformation: Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice Mechanisms in the Philippines, Philippine Law Journal
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OPINION: What attacks against lawyers say about the profession — and our country’s future, CNN Philippines
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A Rebellion in Reverse, Sinister Wisdom Vol. 120
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Why the proposed ‘Marcos Day’ is in conflict with the law, CNN Philippines
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Surveillance and Compliance, Jurisdiction: Philippines, Global response to Covid19 - a comparative law and economics project
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State of Exception, Jurisdiction: Philippines, Global response to Covid19 - a comparative law and economics project
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Justice-Oriented Approaches to Pandemic-Related Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines, Shaping Human Rights and Peace Research and Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia
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Anticipating the aftermath of the pandemic through a human rights response, Rappler.com
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Stories from these days of stillness, Rappler.com
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OPINION: The San Juan hostage incident is a labor rights issue, CNN Philippines
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Boarding Gates and Promises of Home, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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An Unwinnable War: Locating the Value of Life in the Middle of the Philippine’s Campaign Against Illegal Drugs, University of Asia & the Pacific Law Journal
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In the death penalty debate, who gets to say who can live and who must die?, CNN Philippines
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Dispatches From Therapy, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Marcosian Atrocities: Historical Revisionism and the Legal Constraints on Forgetting, Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law
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The Meaning of Being Lonely, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Ode to the Ground, The Tiny Journal
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EDSA and History Lessons for Today, Rappler.com
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Lawyering is Risky Business, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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What does it take to pass the Bar exams?, CNN Philippines
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A new era for equality?, Scout Magazine
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We need to talk about mental illness in the Philippines, CNN Philippines
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Politics and law in the middle of a drug war, Rappler.com
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Understanding Insanity: Making Sense out of Mental Illness in Philippines Law and Jurisprudence, Philippine Law Journal