1.0Festival della Diplomaziahttps://www.festivaldelladiplomazia.eu/en/Giorgia Facishttps://www.festivaldelladiplomazia.eu/en/author/giorgia_facis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KE3f3KDq36"><a href="https://www.festivaldelladiplomazia.eu/en/speakers/jay-batongbacal/">Jay Batongbacal</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.festivaldelladiplomazia.eu/en/speakers/jay-batongbacal/embed/#?secret=KE3f3KDq36" width="600" height="338" title="“Jay Batongbacal” — Festival della Diplomazia" data-secret="KE3f3KDq36" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.festivaldelladiplomazia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/batong.jpg325469Director University of the Philippines-Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea Director University of the Philippines-Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the SeaUniversity of the Philippines, as well as Master of Marine Management and Doctor in the Science of Law, both from Dalhousie University (Canada). At present, he is a full Professor and chairs the Graduate Studies Program at the University of the Philippines College of Law, while also serving as Director of the Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea of the U.P. Law Center and Chair of the LLM Program Committee.