Hugo Gutierrez Jr.

Hugo E. Gutierrez Jr. (January 29, 1927[1] – June 12, 2013) was a Filipino jurist and civil liberties advocate.

At the end of the Second World War, he briefly worked as a shipping clerk for the US Army Forces, Western Pacific before obtaining his pre-law and law degrees at the University of the Philippines in 1952.

During his tenure, he was also appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos to become Executive Director of the Presidential Investigation and Recovery Commission from 1971 to 1973.

[3] This plagiarism was initially uncovered by a young attorney, Arthur Lim, who subsequently became a member of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).

[4] In his later years, Gutierrez served as a lecturer at the Philippine Judicial Academy and became chair of its Constitutional Law Department in the 2000s.