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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Neri_Colmenares_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Neri_Colmenares_2016.jpg/220px-Neri_Colmenares_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Neri_Colmenares_2016.jpg/330px-Neri_Colmenares_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Neri_Colmenares_2016.jpg/440px-Neri_Colmenares_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1075" data-file-height="1293" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Colmenares speaking at the protests against the <a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Burial of Ferdinand Marcos">burial of Ferdinand Marcos</a> in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <br /><a href="/wiki/Philippine_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine House of Representatives">Philippine House of Representatives</a><br /> for <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Muna" title="Bayan Muna">Bayan Muna</a> party-list</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />April 2009 – June 30, 2016<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Teodoro_Casi%C3%B1o" title="Teodoro Casiño">Teodoro Casiño</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Isagani_Zarate" title="Carlos Isagani Zarate">Carlos Isagani Zarate</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Senior Deputy Minority Leader of the <br /><a href="/wiki/Philippine_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine House of Representatives">Philippine House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 22, 2013 – June 30, 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of <br /><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Muna" title="Bayan Muna">Bayan Muna</a> party-list</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />2016</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-12-04</span>) </span>December 4, 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental" title="Negros Occidental">Negros Occidental</a>, Philippines</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Muna" title="Bayan Muna">Bayan Muna</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Makabayan" title="Makabayan">Makabayan</a> (2009–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic partner</th><td class="infobox-data">Shalimar Vitan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Angel_Locsin" title="Angel Locsin">Angel Locsin</a> (relative)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Beda_University" title="San Beda University">San Beda College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_Diliman" title="University of the Philippines Diliman">University of the Philippines Diliman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer (Human rights, Constitutional and electoral law)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Neri Javier Colmenares</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Tagalog pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Tagalog" title="Help:IPA/Tagalog">[haˈvjeɾ<span class="wrap"> </span>kɔlmɛˈnarɛs]</a></span>, born December 4, 1959) is a Filipino <a href="/wiki/Legislator" title="Legislator">legislator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a> and activist. He was an associate of the Asian Law Centre at <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Law_School" title="Melbourne Law School">Melbourne Law School</a> when he was completing his Ph.D. in law on "The Writ of Amparo and the International Criminal Court." He also lectured at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a> on International Human Rights Law and the Rome Statute of the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was an aspirant in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Philippine_Senate_election" title="2016 Philippine Senate election">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Philippine_Senate_election" title="2019 Philippine Senate election">2019</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/2022_Philippine_Senate_election" title="2022 Philippine Senate election">2022 Philippine Senate elections</a>, where he was part of the <a href="/wiki/1sambayan" class="mw-redirect" title="1sambayan">1Sambayan</a> Senate slate, but was defeated in all three runs.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born on December 4, 1959 in <a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental" title="Negros Occidental">Negros Occidental</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colmenares joined the struggle against the late former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a>' leadership in 1976. He was active in the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) and the <a href="/wiki/Student_Christian_Movement_of_the_Philippines" title="Student Christian Movement of the Philippines">Student Christian Movement of the Philippines</a> (SCMP), and became the Visayas regional chair of the <a href="/wiki/Student_Catholic_Action" title="Student Catholic Action">Student Catholic Action</a> (SCA). Soon after becoming a national council member of SCA, he was arrested. Following the end of his detention, Colmenares moved to <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> where he was involved in different religious organizations. Actress <a href="/wiki/Angel_Locsin" title="Angel Locsin">Angel Locsin</a> (Angelica Locsin Colmenares in real life) is Colmenares' aunt, although he is 25 years older than her. Reports indicate that Locsin's father and Colmenares’ father are related, but no further details were provided about the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983 he shifted to <a href="/wiki/Cagayan_Valley" title="Cagayan Valley">Cagayan Valley</a> to become a youth organizer there. After five months of organizing work in Cagayan Valley, he was arrested by military agents and charged with 'rebellion.' In total, Colmenares was jailed and was tortured in captivity for four years. Atty. William F. Claver stood as their legal counsel. Colmenares was one of the youngest political prisoners at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-bu_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bu-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bup1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bup1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bup2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bup2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_political_career">Law and political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Law and political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colmenares is a human rights lawyer and is the president of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), a national association of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. He finished his Bachelor of Arts in Economics at <a href="/wiki/San_Beda_College" class="mw-redirect" title="San Beda College">San Beda College</a> and completed his law degree at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Law" title="University of the Philippines College of Law">University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law</a>. </p><p>He lectures in Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) seminars and in various universities on the Writ of Amparo, Habeas Data, <a href="/wiki/The_International_Criminal_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="The International Criminal Court">The International Criminal Court</a> and <a href="/wiki/International_Humanitarian_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="International Humanitarian Law">International Humanitarian Law</a>, Oral Advocacy, Constitutional Amendment and the Chacha Cases, Judicial and Congressional Jurisprudence on Impeachment, The Party List Law: Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court and the Commission on Elections (Comelec), The Constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Law (Human Security Act), Whistleblowers and the Freedom of Information Law and other current legal and constitutional issues. </p><p>He acted as counsel of the seven impeachment complaints in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">House of Representatives of the Philippines</a> and was one of the prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Merceditas Navarro Gutierrez in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="Senate of the Philippines">Philippine Senate</a>, prosecuting mainly the fertilizer scam case and the <a href="/wiki/Euro_Generals_scandal" title="Euro Generals scandal">euro generals case</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ree_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ree-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of the prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Renato_Corona" title="Renato Corona">Renato Corona</a>, who was convicted by the Senate for Betrayal of Public Trust. </p><p>He is involved in constitutional legal issues, having acted as counsel and argued before the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court</a> in oral arguments on the constitutionality of Executive Order 464, the petition against the Emergency Rule Proclamation 1017, the calibrated preemptive response (CPR) policy, the <a href="/wiki/Charter_Change" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter Change">cha cha</a> initiative to amend the Constitution, the petition to disqualify major political parties in the party list system, on the constitutionality of the <a href="/wiki/Visiting_Forces_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Visiting Forces Agreement">Visiting Forces Agreement</a> (the Subic Rape Case) and the oral arguments on the petition he filed against the First Party Rule which resulted in Supreme Court decision filling up of all the party list seats in Congress. </p><p>On September 23, 2021, Colmenares announced that he will be running for senator in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He filed his candidacy on October 7.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he lost the election for the third straight time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_power_rate_hikes">On power rate hikes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: On power rate hikes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colmenares petitioned the Supreme Court to stop Meralco's record-high power rate hike after the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Malampaya_gas_field" title="Malampaya gas field">Malampaya</a> shutdown.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 2014 congressional committee hearings on the electricity rate hike, Colmenares refuted arguments by <a href="/wiki/Meralco" title="Meralco">Manila Electric Company</a> (Meralco) legal counsel who stated that Meralco did not raise prices intentionally.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He again questioned Meralco's plans to raise electricity rates in 2019 and accused power companies of passing on to consumers the cost of shortages they themselves caused.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_Marcos_heroes_burial_and_human_rights_case">On Marcos heroes burial and human rights case</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: On Marcos heroes burial and human rights case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colmenares argued before the Supreme Court to stop the heroes burial for the late former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also argued before the District Court in Hawaii on the Marcos human rights case. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_joint_marine_exploration_and_irrigation_loan_deals_with_China">On joint marine exploration and irrigation loan deals with China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: On joint marine exploration and irrigation loan deals with China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a petition filed before the Supreme Court in 2008, Colmenares questioned the legality of the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) that the Arroyo administration signed with China and Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Colmenares filed a motion for immediate resolution before the Supreme Court, citing the original petition's importance in light of the Philippines' territorial and maritime dispute with China.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colmenares filed another motion for immediate resolution on the petition in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motion read, "Any joint exploration with any foreign country or entity that allows almost absolute control over the benefits of the exploration to such foreign country or entity is detrimental to the Filipino people and therefore must not be allowed."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Colmenares questioned the Philippines' <a href="/wiki/Chico_River_(Philippines)" title="Chico River (Philippines)">Chico River</a> irrigation loan agreement with China in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined fellow lawmakers in petitioning the Supreme Court in stopping the Chinese-funded project.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="On_TRAIN_law_and_fuel_taxes">On TRAIN law and fuel taxes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: On TRAIN law and fuel taxes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colmenares and fellow lawmakers noted how the fuel excise tax and the broader value added tax hit the poor and low-income earners.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He protested the Tax Reform of Inclusion and Acceleration (TRAIN) Law and the fuel excise tax and blamed these for the increasing prices of consumer goods.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also called for the removal of the value added tax on power, water, and fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Colmenares served as counsel for lawmakers who in January 2018 filed for the suspension of the TRAIN Law.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also noted how the TRAIN Law was passed in Congress without a quorum.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Congress">In Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Legislation">Legislation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colmenares authored several laws such as the (i) the law requiring warnings through text during typhoons and disasters (RA 10639); (ii) the law creating Special Election Precincts for persons with disabilities and senior citizens (RA 10633); (iii) the law allowing media to vote before election day (RA 10380); and human rights laws including the (iv) Reparation Law for human rights victims during Martial Law (10368); (v) the Anti-Torture Law (RA 9745); (vi) the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Law (RA 10353). He also authored the recently passed law on the practice of Nutrition and Dietetics (RA 10862). His party <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Muna" title="Bayan Muna">Bayan Muna</a> voted NO against the TRAIN law and he has been campaigning for the suspension of the TRAIN law pending the repeal of its excise tax imposition. </p><p>He authored the <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_System_(Philippines)" title="Social Security System (Philippines)">Social Security System</a> (SSS) Pension Increase bill, which was later implemented under Pres. Rodrigo Duterte who ordered a P1,000 per month increase in SSS pension in two tranches. Colmenares and Bayan Muna worked to have the second P1,000 increase in 2018. </p><p>He authored the bills and resolutions on making annulment of marriage accessible to the poor, increasing SSS pension to P7,000, investigating high prices of gasoline in the provinces, and blind-friendly Philippine peso bills.<sup id="cite_ref-alc_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alc-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 15th Congress, he was a member of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Automated Elections and Vice-Chairman of the House Suffrage Committee and member of the Foreign Affairs, Defense, Natural Resources, Trade and Industry, Constitutional Amendment, Local Government, Human Rights, and Revision of Laws Committees. </p><p>He was a member of the Committee on Rules and was the Senior Deputy Minority Leader in the 16th Congress. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:12-10-20_International_Human_Rights_Day_Protest_Manila_8_Neri_Colmenares.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/12-10-20_International_Human_Rights_Day_Protest_Manila_8_Neri_Colmenares.jpg/220px-12-10-20_International_Human_Rights_Day_Protest_Manila_8_Neri_Colmenares.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/12-10-20_International_Human_Rights_Day_Protest_Manila_8_Neri_Colmenares.jpg/330px-12-10-20_International_Human_Rights_Day_Protest_Manila_8_Neri_Colmenares.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Neri_Colmenares%2C_Anti-Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_2020_Mobilization%2C_December_2021.jpg/220px-Neri_Colmenares%2C_Anti-Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_2020_Mobilization%2C_December_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Neri_Colmenares%2C_Anti-Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_2020_Mobilization%2C_December_2021.jpg/330px-Neri_Colmenares%2C_Anti-Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_2020_Mobilization%2C_December_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Neri_Colmenares%2C_Anti-Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_2020_Mobilization%2C_December_2021.jpg/440px-Neri_Colmenares%2C_Anti-Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_2020_Mobilization%2C_December_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Colmenares, speaking at a mobilization against the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Terrorism_Act_of_2020" title="Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020">Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020</a>, December, 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Colmenares presently holds the following positions: </p> <ul><li>Co-chairperson, Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan</li> <li>Chairperson, Bayan Muna Partylist</li> <li>Bureau Member, International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL)</li> <li>Vice-President, Confederation of Lawyers in Asia-Pacific (COLAP)</li> <li>Convenor, Samahan at Ugnayan ng mga Konsyumer para sa Ikauunlad ng Bayan (SUKI) Consumers Group</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scholarly_and_editorial_work">Scholarly and editorial work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Scholarly and editorial work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colmenares' papers include a primer on the Writ of Habeas Data, the Comparative Analysis of the Writ of Amparo, Impeachment as a Constitutional Accountability Mechanism, the Party List system Law, and the International Criminal Court and other articles for the <i><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Law_Journal" title="Philippine Law Journal">Philippine Law Journal</a>.</i> </p><p>He was associate editor of the <i>World Bulletin of the</i> UP Law Center on the issue of international crimes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_legal_work">Major legal work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Major legal work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-BLP_sources_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-BLP_sources" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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impeachment jurisprudence, constitutional law, party-list system, appellate advocacy, writs of amparo and habeas data, international human rights law, and legal perspectives on the peace process. He has served as a resource speaker in national and international forums, including those organized by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court of the Philippines</a> and legal organizations abroad. </p><p>He played key roles in high-profile legal cases and political trials, notably serving as a prosecutor in the <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Renato_Corona" title="Impeachment of Renato Corona">impeachment</a> of Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Renato_Corona" title="Renato Corona">Renato Corona</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Merceditas_Gutierrez" title="Impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez">impeachment</a> of Ombudsman <a href="/wiki/Merceditas_Gutierrez" title="Merceditas Gutierrez">Merceditas Gutierrez</a>. Additionally, he has argued significant cases before the Supreme Court, including those questioning the constitutionality of key government actions, such as the Visiting Forces Agreement, party-list representation rules, and emergency powers under President <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a>. </p><p>Colmenares has also held prominent leadership positions in legal advocacy groups, including serving as president and secretary general of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL). He has been a consistent advocate for human rights, social justice, and legal reforms through both his legal work and public engagements.<sup id="cite_ref-alc_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alc-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Colmenares began his career at the National Amnesty Commission, serving as a private secretary from November 1996 to January 1997, and again from January to September 1997. He then became the commission's legal officer from October 1997 to May 1998, and then became its attorney from January to September 1998 and again from May to September 1999. In September 1999, he became the General Counsel for the partylist <a href="/wiki/Bayan_Muna" title="Bayan Muna">Bayan Muna</a>, a position he held until 2009. From March 2004 to March 2006, Colmenares also served as a consultant to the office of Representative <a href="/wiki/Satur_Ocampo" title="Satur Ocampo">Satur Ocampo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, Colmenares was given the International Bar Association (IBA) Award for his "Outstanding Contribution to Human Rights".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neri_Colmenares&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100507031145/http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2007-10Oct17-nuplamparo/nuplamparo.htm">"The Writ of Amparo and its Implications on Impunity: A Forum to discuss the Scope of the Rule and other relevant issues"</a>. 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title="Anakpawis">Anakpawis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayan_Muna" title="Bayan Muna">Bayan Muna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriela_Women%27s_Party" title="Gabriela Women's Party">GABRIELA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabataan" title="Kabataan">Kabataan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Electoral alliance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Partido_ng_Bayan" class="mw-redirect" title="Partido ng Bayan">Partido ng Bayan</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makabayan" title="Makabayan">Makabayan</a> (2010–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partido_Galing_at_Puso" title="Partido Galing at Puso">Partido Galing at Puso</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_Change_(Philippines)" title="Coalition for Change (Philippines)">Coalition for Change</a> (2016–2018)</li></ul> 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the Philippines">National Union of Students of the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PISTON_(transport_group)" title="PISTON (transport group)">Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Student_Christian_Movement_of_the_Philippines" title="Student Christian Movement of the Philippines">Student Christian Movement of the Philippines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lean_Alejandro" title="Lean Alejandro">Leandro Alejandro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crispin_Beltran" title="Crispin Beltran">Crispin Beltran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teodoro_Casi%C3%B1o" title="Teodoro Casiño">Teodoro Casiño</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behn_Cervantes" title="Behn Cervantes">Behn Cervantes</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Neri J. Colmenares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Elago" title="Sarah Elago">Sarah Elago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maita_Gomez" title="Maita Gomez">Maita Gomez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boni_Ilagan" title="Boni Ilagan">Bonifacio Ilagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luzviminda_Ilagan" title="Luzviminda Ilagan">Luzviminda Ilagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Lamangan" title="Joel Lamangan">Joel Lamangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_Lumbera" title="Bienvenido Lumbera">Bienvenido Lumbera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raoul_Manuel" title="Raoul Manuel">Raoul Manuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafael_V._Mariano" title="Rafael V. Mariano">Rafael V. Mariano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liza_Maza" title="Liza Maza">Liza Maza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninotchka_Rosca" title="Ninotchka Rosca">Ninotchka Rosca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satur_Ocampo" title="Satur Ocampo">Satur Ocampo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Palatino" title="Raymond Palatino">Raymond Palatino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Taguiwalo" title="Judy Taguiwalo">Judy Taguiwalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_M._Ta%C3%B1ada_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Lorenzo M. 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