DFA Conducts Seminar-Workshop on Administrative Justice

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Administration (UA) J. Eduardo Malaya welcomes participants to the 2019 Seminar-Workshop on Administrative Justice. (Teofe P. Del Mundo photo)

PASAY 28 November 2019 — The Department of Foreign Affairs - Office of the Undersecretary for Administration (UA) and Board of Foreign Service Administration (BFSA) Secretariat spearheaded the conduct of a Seminar-Workshop on Administrative Justice (SWAJ) on 06 November 2019 at the Elpidio Quirino Hall of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Pasay City.

Undersecretary J. Eduardo Malaya emphasized the value of honing the legal skills of personnel who are involved in the investigation and prosecution of administrative cases, and equipping administrative officers and other personnel with basic information on administrative justice principles and processes in his welcoming remarks.

Around 65 personnel from various consular, administrative, and policy offices of the DFA participated in the seminar-workshop which was facilitated by Attorney VI of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Civil Service Commission Atty. Vlademir  E. Villacorta.

The 2017 Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Services (2017 RACCS), administrative rules on sexual harassment cases, the latest administrative jurisprudence, investigation procedures, and evidence appreciation were taken up during the seminar-workshop. END

Undersecretary Malaya discusses the 2017 Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Services at the Seminar-Workshop on Administrative Justice on 06 November 2019. (Teofe P. Del Mundo photo)