Haydee Yorac

Haydee Bofill Yorac (/ˈhaɪdi/; Spanish pronunciation: [ajˈde.e] March 4, 1941 — September 12, 2005) was a Filipina public servant, law professor and politician.

When Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under martial law on September 23, 1972, he arrested various lawyers, academics, and intellectuals who were likely to lead protests against the move.

[5] Upon her release, Yorac volunteered her services to the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), notably helping Lino Brocka and Behn Cervantes when they were charged with inciting to sedition in 1984.

[6] Yorac vied for a seat in the Philippine Senate in the 1998 national elections through the Reporma–LM party of Renato de Villa but lost.

For her activism and volunteer legal work during martial law, and for her later work at the Commission on Elections and the Presidential Commission on Good Government, Yorac was honored upon her death by having her name etched on the Wall of Remembrance of the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought to defeat the Marcos dictatorship.

Haydee Yorac's tomb at the Libingan ng mga Bayani .
Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing names from the 2005 batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Haydee Yorac.