Ross Tugade
@rosselle.bsky.social
Filipino lawyer and writer. PhD researcher, UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice.
Risked not wearing the n95 mask for this photo lol.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Risked not wearing the n95 mask for this photo lol.
A Quezon (2025) review by way of three book titles:
- The Foundations of the Modern Philippine State (Leia Castañeda Anastacio)
- Massacre in the Clouds (Kim Wagner)
- Everything is Tuberculosis (John Green)
Screening in some HOYTS cinemas!!
- The Foundations of the Modern Philippine State (Leia Castañeda Anastacio)
- Massacre in the Clouds (Kim Wagner)
- Everything is Tuberculosis (John Green)
Screening in some HOYTS cinemas!!
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A Quezon (2025) review by way of three book titles:
- The Foundations of the Modern Philippine State (Leia Castañeda Anastacio)
- Massacre in the Clouds (Kim Wagner)
- Everything is Tuberculosis (John Green)
Screening in some HOYTS cinemas!!
- The Foundations of the Modern Philippine State (Leia Castañeda Anastacio)
- Massacre in the Clouds (Kim Wagner)
- Everything is Tuberculosis (John Green)
Screening in some HOYTS cinemas!!
In the Philippines, we mostly call aunts “tita” and this includes even your parent’s friends. Anyway this is Filipina drag artist Tita Baby. She is your tita now.
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
In the Philippines, we mostly call aunts “tita” and this includes even your parent’s friends. Anyway this is Filipina drag artist Tita Baby. She is your tita now.
Someone has to write how increasingly corny the Philippine Bar Exams have become. The 2026 Bar chair’s special letter to examinees took it up a notch by sounding like an Alpha Male motivational script.
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Someone has to write how increasingly corny the Philippine Bar Exams have become. The 2026 Bar chair’s special letter to examinees took it up a notch by sounding like an Alpha Male motivational script.
Extracting every last centavo from Filipinos whom they see as disposable. BILLIONS of cash stacked on top of each other as spoils for politicians. I hate this so much
September 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Extracting every last centavo from Filipinos whom they see as disposable. BILLIONS of cash stacked on top of each other as spoils for politicians. I hate this so much
The outrage in Manila shouldn’t come as a surprise when state violence has always been an everyday reality.
Photos by Ezra Acayan.
Photos by Ezra Acayan.
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The outrage in Manila shouldn’t come as a surprise when state violence has always been an everyday reality.
Photos by Ezra Acayan.
Photos by Ezra Acayan.
In solidarity with the protests happening back home.
September 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
In solidarity with the protests happening back home.
Outright acceptance, cool and unexpected. The International Journal of Discrimination and the Law will publish my note on the CEDAW Committee’s Views on the communication filed by remaining survivors of wartime sexual slavery in the Philippines. A positive outcome years after domestic remedy failed.
August 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Outright acceptance, cool and unexpected. The International Journal of Discrimination and the Law will publish my note on the CEDAW Committee’s Views on the communication filed by remaining survivors of wartime sexual slavery in the Philippines. A positive outcome years after domestic remedy failed.
And while the National Capital Region is drowning, look what we have here, hot off the press 😃
July 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
And while the National Capital Region is drowning, look what we have here, hot off the press 😃
Snaps from Melbourne Law School trip
May 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Snaps from Melbourne Law School trip
I swear, the #ICC is NOT ready for very very strange Filipino behavior towards politicians. First, the blow-by-blow Instagram stories of the arrest c/o Kitty Duterte, now this 😭 ICL’s most unserious moments coming from Prosecutor v Duterte
April 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I swear, the #ICC is NOT ready for very very strange Filipino behavior towards politicians. First, the blow-by-blow Instagram stories of the arrest c/o Kitty Duterte, now this 😭 ICL’s most unserious moments coming from Prosecutor v Duterte
Hello, Australia! Hello, @djag2.bsky.social !
March 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Hello, Australia! Hello, @djag2.bsky.social !
Joining @flsjournal.bsky.social this month! 🤓
March 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Joining @flsjournal.bsky.social this month! 🤓
Doing a bit of preparatory digging in digital archives: Roberto Regala in 1954, then Philippine Ambassador to Australia, on geopolitical futures in the region.
February 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Doing a bit of preparatory digging in digital archives: Roberto Regala in 1954, then Philippine Ambassador to Australia, on geopolitical futures in the region.
General call for papers of the International Legal Studies Journal, published by the UP Law Center of the University of the Philippines College of Law. Details in the attached photo.
February 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
General call for papers of the International Legal Studies Journal, published by the UP Law Center of the University of the Philippines College of Law. Details in the attached photo.
Slightly was a bundle of nerves when I presented a human rights report I wrote with a national scope. Had a chance to engage with grassroots CSOs and members of the different diplomatic missions in the process. Nice point to pause in my domestic human rights work before I start my PhD.
February 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Slightly was a bundle of nerves when I presented a human rights report I wrote with a national scope. Had a chance to engage with grassroots CSOs and members of the different diplomatic missions in the process. Nice point to pause in my domestic human rights work before I start my PhD.
Hello, Bluesky friends! @sosyolohija and I will be guest editing a special issue of Philippine Studies on EDSA Dos and EDSA Tres, in time for their 25th anniversary next year.
Please see the attached photos for the full CfP and instructions for prospective contributors.
Please see the attached photos for the full CfP and instructions for prospective contributors.
January 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hello, Bluesky friends! @sosyolohija and I will be guest editing a special issue of Philippine Studies on EDSA Dos and EDSA Tres, in time for their 25th anniversary next year.
Please see the attached photos for the full CfP and instructions for prospective contributors.
Please see the attached photos for the full CfP and instructions for prospective contributors.
Done w hosting duties for today’s event at the UP College of Law. We had Prof. Diego Fernández Arroyo, President of the THAIL Curatorium, deliver a lecture at the Malcolm Theatre. THAIL Sec-Gen. Prof. Thouvenin and Amb. Malaya also there. UP IILS team in full force for our last event this year.
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Done w hosting duties for today’s event at the UP College of Law. We had Prof. Diego Fernández Arroyo, President of the THAIL Curatorium, deliver a lecture at the Malcolm Theatre. THAIL Sec-Gen. Prof. Thouvenin and Amb. Malaya also there. UP IILS team in full force for our last event this year.
I can finally breathe after MONTHS anxiety. I only ever wished to do this application process once because this is not for the faint of heart. I’m joining UNSW Law next year as a PhD student! Many thanks to @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social for seeing the promise in this doctoral project!
November 24, 2024 at 12:27 AM
I can finally breathe after MONTHS anxiety. I only ever wished to do this application process once because this is not for the faint of heart. I’m joining UNSW Law next year as a PhD student! Many thanks to @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social for seeing the promise in this doctoral project!
A few interesting things here in the #Philippines as the ball rolls in pursuing accountability for Duterte-era violations:
- Secretary of Justice explicitly uses the term ‘IHL’ Law (RA 9851) as possible basis to prosecute Duterte.
- RA 9851 is the PH’s ‘domestication’ of the Rome Statute
- Secretary of Justice explicitly uses the term ‘IHL’ Law (RA 9851) as possible basis to prosecute Duterte.
- RA 9851 is the PH’s ‘domestication’ of the Rome Statute
November 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
A few interesting things here in the #Philippines as the ball rolls in pursuing accountability for Duterte-era violations:
- Secretary of Justice explicitly uses the term ‘IHL’ Law (RA 9851) as possible basis to prosecute Duterte.
- RA 9851 is the PH’s ‘domestication’ of the Rome Statute
- Secretary of Justice explicitly uses the term ‘IHL’ Law (RA 9851) as possible basis to prosecute Duterte.
- RA 9851 is the PH’s ‘domestication’ of the Rome Statute
Almost forgot that I availed of the free portrait headshot during UP Law’s last recognition ceremonies for our graduates. Old school studio photo ‘feel’ as a (quite literally) fading medium?
November 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Almost forgot that I availed of the free portrait headshot during UP Law’s last recognition ceremonies for our graduates. Old school studio photo ‘feel’ as a (quite literally) fading medium?
SEA/IL folks in The Hague, I’ll be joining the ILSEA 2024 Conference (Nov 21-22) to take place in the The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Will be speaking in the ECR panel (but only joining remotely) on how authoritarian populism ‘ruptures’ international law’s temporality.
www.ilsea2024.com
www.ilsea2024.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:44 AM
SEA/IL folks in The Hague, I’ll be joining the ILSEA 2024 Conference (Nov 21-22) to take place in the The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Will be speaking in the ECR panel (but only joining remotely) on how authoritarian populism ‘ruptures’ international law’s temporality.
www.ilsea2024.com
www.ilsea2024.com
Gradually moving my stuff here. I realized I haven’t posted about my new book chapter on Bsky.
November 14, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Gradually moving my stuff here. I realized I haven’t posted about my new book chapter on Bsky.