Jose Manuel Diokno
| Jose Manuel Diokno | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jose Manuel Icasiano Diokno February 23, 1961 Manila |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Academic |
| Years active | 1986 — Present |
Jose Manuel "Chel" Icasiano Diokno (born February 23, 1961) is the Founding Dean of De La Salle University College of Law, Chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group, former Special Counsel of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, and one of the Philippines' foremost human rights lawyers.
Diokno was born on February 23, 1961, the eighth of ten children by Senator Jose W. Diokno and his wife Carmen Icasiano. He was a teenager when his family suffered under Martial Law, but Chel managed to graduate in high school with honors, was president of the La Salle Green Hills student council, and a Gerardo Roxas Leadership Awardee.
After earning a degree in Philosophy at the University of the Philippines, Diokno studied law at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) in the US where he graduated Juris Doctor of Laws, magna cum laude, in 1986.
Diokno took the Bar Examination in the State of Illinois and passed. But his heart never left the Philippines. In 1987, Chel returned to the country. He passed the Philippine Bar Exam and immediately took up the cause of human rights. Chel joined the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) — the Philippines' oldest and largest group of human rights lawyers — which his father had organized.
In the 1990s, Diokno served on the Presidential Human Rights Committee under Presidents Cory Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos. He was also a member of the Committee on Human Rights and Due Process at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
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