Haydee Yorac

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Haydee Yorac, former Commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Philippines) and former Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, was born on March 4, 1941 in Saravia, Negros Occidental. She obtained the degrees of: Ll.B (Bachelor of Laws)at the University of the Philippines in 1962;Ll.M (Masters of Laws) at Yale University in 1981. Before she was appointed Comelec Commissioner in 1986 by then President Corazon Aquino, she was the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of the Philippines, a lecturer at the UP College of Law and a Senior Researcher of the UP Law Center.

Yorac died on September 13, 2005.

[edit] Article and Books Published

• • "Legal Status of Mercenaries"
  • "Preventive Detention and Metaphysics of Repression"
  • "Child Custody Determinations: A Reappraisal"
  • "The Philippine Claim to the Spratly Island Group," Philippine Law Journal;
  • Philippine Treaty Series, Vols. 1-4, 6-7 (editor)

[edit] Professional/Civic Affiliations

• • Integrated Bar of the Philippines
  • Philippine Society of International Law
  • American Society of International Law
  • Free Legal Assistance Group(National Board Member)