Neri Colmenares

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The Honorable Neri Colmenares
Colmenares speaking at the protests against the burial of Ferdinand Marcos in 2016
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Bayan Muna party-list
In office April 2009 – June 2016 Serving with Teodoro Casiño and Carlos Isagani Zarate
Senior Deputy Minority Leader of the Philippine House of Representatives
In office July 2013 – June 2016
Chairman of Bayan Muna party-list
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Personal details
Born	(1959-12-04) December 4, 1959 (age 64) Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Political party	Bayan Muna
Other political affiliations	Makabayan (2009–present)
Domestic partner	Shalimar Vitan
Relations	Angel Locsin (aunt)
Children	1
Alma mater	San Beda College (BA) University of the Philippines Diliman (LL.B.)
Profession	Lawyer (Human rights, Constitutional and electoral law)

Neri Javier Colmenares (Tagalog pronunciation: [haˈvjeɾ kɔlmɛˈnarɛs], born December 4, 1959) is a Filipino legislator, human rights lawyer and activist. He was an associate of the Asian Law Centre at Melbourne Law School when he was completing his Ph.D. in law on "The Writ of Amparo and the International Criminal Court." He also lectured at the University of Melbourne on International Human Rights Law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.^[1]

He was an aspirant in the 2019 senatorial elections,^[2] and is a candidate for the 2022 Philippine Senate elections as part of the 1Sambayan Senate slate.^[3]