page_title: Eugene A. Tan
hierarchical_section_title: Eugene A. Tan
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context_page_description: Eugene Alvarez Tan was a Filipino human rights lawyer, author, and professor of law. He was murdered in 1994.
  Tan was elected president and chairman of the Maritime Law Association of the Philippines, President Philippine Bar Association from 1987 to 1988 and national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines from 1990 to 1991.
  Tan was lead representative advocate in many key landmark cases including the abolition of boarding fees levied on air and sea travel passengers in 1989; an increase in death benefits to Filipino seamen in 1989 and successful in his bid to win a hike in the basic stipend of policemen in 1970.
  He questioned the authority of the 1971 Constitutional Convention to adopt the parliamentary form of government, actively represented the challenge of the legality of Marcos’ Presidential Commitment Order in 1983. Alongside Justice J.B.L. Reyes and others he assailed the legality of the Snap Elections called by Pres. Marcos in 1985, and panel member of the fact-finding committee appointed by the Philippine government in 1995 who investigated the Escalante Massacres.
  By 1990, Tan was elected national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
context_section_description: Eugene Alvarez Tan (1943–1994) was a Filipino human rights lawyer, author, and professor of law. He was murdered in 1994.
  Tan was elected president and chairman of the Maritime Law Association of the Philippines, President Philippine Bar Association from 1987 to 1988 and national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines from 1990 to 1991.
  Tan was lead representative advocate in many key landmark cases including the abolition of boarding fees levied on air and sea travel passengers in 1989; an increase in death benefits to Filipino seamen in 1989 and successful in his bid to win a hike in the basic stipend of policemen in 1970.
  He questioned the authority of the 1971 Constitutional Convention to adopt the parliamentary form of government, actively represented the challenge of the legality of Marcos’ Presidential Commitment Order (PCO) in 1983. Alongside Justice J.B.L. Reyes and others he assailed the legality of the Snap Elections called by Pres. Marcos in 1985, and panel member of the fact-finding committee appointed by the Philippine government in 1995 who investigated the Escalante Massacres.
  By 1990, Tan was elected national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
  Over subsequent years, and until his sudden death, Tan went on to be conferred with several awards in the field of Maritime law, Human Rights and Social Justice Advocacy. He remained a champion of legal advocacy and a social rights activist in the Philippine community, and was recognised by conferment of a royal title and appointments to various boards and committees of interest nationwide and internationally.
caption: Eugene A Tan
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