Manila, May 21 -- The Supreme Court (SC), in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), has organized a workshop that gathered judicial leaders and court officials from South and Southeast Asia to help strengthen protections for judicial independence and integrity.

The Regional Workshop on Judicial Security and Resilience: Implementing the Manila Statement on Judicial Integrity for South and South East Asia, was held on May 7-8 at the EDSA Shangri La in Mandaluyong City.

"It supports the implementation of the Manila Statement on Judicial Integrity for South and South-East Asia adopted in November 2025 and addresses the increasing ...