Monina Arevalo Zenarosa
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Monina Arevalo-Zenarosa | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner, Commission on Human Rights | |
| Assumed office March 23, 2023 | |
| Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals | |
| In office March 15, 2004 – August 22, 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Buenaventura J. Guerrero |
| Succeeded by | Pamela Ann Abella-Maximo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 August 1939 Masbate, Philippines |
| Alma mater | University of Santo Tomas (LLB) Far Eastern University (LLM) |
Monina Arevalo Zenarosa (born August 22, 1939) is a retired Associate Justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals is the second highest judicial court in the Philippines, next to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed as a commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights in March 2023.[1]
She served as the chairperson of the Independent Commission Against Private Armies, (a.k.a. "The Zenarosa Commission") created by then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, tasked with dismantling private armed groups in the Philippines. Additionally, she held the position of Commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission of the Philippines.
Zenarosa was born in 1939 in Masbate.[2] She earned her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law in 1959, passing the Philippine Bar Examination in the same year at the age of 20. From 1961 to 1963, she pursued a Master of Laws at the Far Eastern University Institute of Law, completing its academic requirements.[3]
Throughout her career, Zenarosa attended various legal seminars and conferences both locally and internationally, focusing on the application of specific laws and legal concerns. She also observed court proceedings in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
She was the sixth among nine siblings, born to Dr. Salvador B. Arevalo and Concepcion Altarejos, a pharmacist.