Special Protection of Children

Against Abuse, Exploitation

and Discrimination Act

Republic Act 7610 (1992)

Neglect
 Childhood physical neglect is associated with a
twofold increase in likelihood of using alcohol and
illicit drugs in the Philippines. Child labour and
exploitation can also be considered a form of
neglect.
Emotional and Psychological Abuse
 Emotional and psychological abuse in children is behaviors,
speech, and actions of parents, caregivers, or other significant
figures in a child’s life that impair a child’s emotional development
or sense of self-worth.”
 Examples of emotional abuse include:
 name calling
 insulting
 threatening violence (even without carrying out threats)
 allowing children to witness the physical or emotional abuse of
another
 withholding love, support, or guidance
 A wide range of behaviors can be considered abusive, and all
forms are thought to be underreported.
Emotional and
Psychological
Abuse
 Exposure to family
violence is a form of
psychological and
emotional abuse
that can affect the
psychosocial
wellbeing of children.
Physical Abuse
The 1989 UNCRC (UN
Rights of the Child Art
19; Article 37)
guarantees children's
right to protection from
abuse and cruel,
inhuman or degrading
treatment.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has interpreted

this as prohibiting corporal punishment (Lansford et al. 2015).
Corporal Punishment
Corporal punishment involving
slapping, spanking, hitting,
shaking or beating, are common
in the Philippines. In one study, 76
per cent of participants said they
had experienced spanking.
Studies show that physical punishment — including
spanking, hitting and other means of causing pain — can
lead to increased aggression, antisocial behavior,
physical injury and mental health problems for children.
Sexual Abuse
 In 2016, UNICEF identified an estimated 100,000
victims of sexual exploitation in the Philippines,
dubbing it “the global epicenter of the live-stream
sexual abuse trade.”
 • One in five children in the Philippines have
experienced sexual violence (National Baseline Study
on Child Violence).
 • Eight in 10 children are at risk of online abuse and
bullying (Perils and Possibilities: Growing Up Online
UNICEF 2016).
 • And one in three sexual trafficking victims are
children (Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
UNODC 2016).
Sexual Abuse
 In a 2010 research, it was found out that during the
first 18 years of life, 6 per cent of women, and 4.5
per cent of men, experienced sexual abuse in the
Philippines.
 A study of hospital case files of child victims of
sexual abuse shows the average age of victims
was approximately 10 years, and 97.3 per cent
were female.
 In 93.8 per cent of the hospital cases studied, the
perpetrator was known to the victim. In most cases
of child sexual abuse, the victim knew the
offender.
Risk factors for child sexual abuse for girls
include low economic status and
impoverished conditions, living in crowded
urban communities, and mental retardation.
Participants who had been sexually abused
as children, were 12 times more likely to
engage in early sex, nine times more likely to
have an early pregnancy and five times more
likely to attempt to commit suicide than those
not sexually abused as children.
RA 7610 AS AMENDED BY VARIOUS
LAWS
Special Protection of Children Against
Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination
Act
 What is the State’s policy on protection of
children?
a. provide special protection to children from all forms
of abuse, neglect, cruelty exploitation and
discrimination and other conditions, prejudicial their
development;
b. provide penalties and carry out a program for prevention, and
crisis intervention.
c. intervene when the parent, guardian, teacher or person having
care or custody of the child fails or is unable to protect the child or is
responsible for the abuse, neglect, etc.
d. protect and rehabilitate children who are gravely threatened or
endangered by circumstances which affect or will affect their survival
and normal development and over which they have no control.
 The best interests of children is the paramount
consideration in all actions concerning them.
 Every effort shall be exerted to promote the
welfare of children and enhance their
opportunities for a useful and happy life.
What is child
abuse?
It is maltreatment of
the child which
includes any of the
following:
(1) Psychological
and physical abuse,
neglect, cruelty, (2) Any act by deeds or words which
sexual abuse and debases, degrades or demeans the
emotional intrinsic worth and dignity of a child
maltreatment; as a human being;
 What is child
abuse?
(3) Unreasonable
deprivation of his basic
needs for survival, such as
food and shelter; or
(4) Failure to immediately
give medical treatment to
an injured child resulting in
serious impairment of his
growth and development
or in his permanent
incapacity or death.
What circumstances gravely threaten or
endanger the survival and normal
development of children?
These circumstances include, but are not limited to, the
following:
(1) community where there is armed conflict or affected by
armed conflict-related activities;
(2) Working conditions hazardous to life, safety and normal
which unduly interfere with their normal development;
(3) Living in the streets of urban or rural areas without the
care of parents or a guardian or basic services needed for a
good quality of life;
What circumstances gravely threaten or
endanger the survival and normal
development of children?

(4) Being a member of a indigenous cultural community

and/or living under conditions of extreme poverty or in an
area which is underdeveloped and/or lacks or has
inadequate access to basic services needed for a good
quality of life;
(5) Victim of a man-made or natural disaster or calamity; or
(6) Circumstances analogous to the above which endanger
the life, safety or normal development of children.
The DOJ, DSWD, in coordination with
other government agencies and private
sectors, are supposed to have a
comprehensive program against :
(1) Child Prostitution and other sexual abuse;
(2) Child trafficking;
(3) Obscene publications and indecent shows;
(4) Other acts of abuses; and
(5) Circumstances which threaten or endanger the
survival and normal development of children.
What is a child exploited in prostitution?
Children who for money, profit, or any other
consideration or due to the coercion or
influence of any
adult, syndicate or
group, indulge in
sexual intercourse or
lascivious conduct,
are children
exploited in
prostitution and other
sexual abuse.
Who are penalized for child prostitution?
Those who engage in or
promote, facilitate or induce
child prostitution and

Those who commit the act of

sexual intercourse of lascivious
conduct with a child
exploited in prostitution or
subject to other sexual abuse;
 When the victim is under twelve (12) years of age, the
perpetrators shall be prosecuted under Article 335,
paragraph 3, for rape and Article 336 of Act No. 3815, as
amended, the Revised Penal Code, for rape or lascivious
conduct, as the case may be: Provided, That the penalty
for lascivious conduct when the victim is under twelve (12)
years of age shall be reclusion temporal in its medium
period; and
A person who is not a relative is found alone with a
child inside the room or cubicle of a house, apartelle,
or other similar establishments, vessel, vehicle, or any
other hidden or secluded area. Is this okay?

 There is an attempt to commit child

prostitution if there are circumstances
which would lead a reasonable person
to believe that the child is about to be
exploited in prostitution and other sexual
abuse.
Beth’s Sauna and Spa has some 17 year old senior
high students working part time to provide
services in a sauna parlor or massage clinic. Is this
okay?

When any person is receiving services

from a child in a sauna parlor or bath,
massage clinic, health club and other
similar establishments, there is
attempted child prostitution.
What is child trafficking?

Child Trafficking is buying, selling, bartering a

child for money or any other consideration.
Penalty is Reclusion temporal to reclusion
perpetua. If the victim is under 12, the
penalty is imposed in its maximum period.
Attempted Child Trafficking
A child travels alone to a foreign country
without valid reason therefor and without
clearance issued by the Department of Social
Welfare and Development or written permit or
justification from the child's parents or legal
guardian.
A person, agency, establishment or child-caring
institution recruits women or couples to bear
children for the purpose of child trafficking; or
Attempted Child Trafficking
A doctor, hospital or clinic official or employee, nurse,
midwife, local civil registrar or any other person simulates
birth for the purpose of child trafficking; or
A person engages in the act of finding children among
low-income families, hospitals, clinics, nurseries, day-care
centers, or other child-during institutions who can be
offered for the purpose of child trafficking.

 Penalty is two degrees lower than that for Child Trafficking.

 RA 9208 (Trafficking in Persons, 2003)
 SEC. 4. Acts of Trafficking in Persons. - It shall be
unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to
commit any of the following acts:
 To recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, provide, or
receive a person by any means, including those
done under the pretext of domestic or overseas
employment or training or apprenticeship, for
the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual
exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary
servitude or debt bondage;
 RA 9208 (Trafficking in Persons, 2003)
 SEC. 4. Acts of Trafficking in Persons. - It shall be
unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to
commit any of the following acts:
 To undertake or organize tours and travel plans
consisting of tourism packages or activities for the
purpose of utilizing and offering persons for
prostitution, pornography or sexual exploitation;
 RA 9208 (Trafficking in Persons, 2003)
 To maintain or hire a person to engage in
prostitution or pornography;
 To adopt or facilitate the adoption of persons
for the purpose of prostitution, pornography,
sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery,
involuntary servitude or debt bondage;
RA 9208 (Trafficking in Persons, 2003)

 To recruit, hire, adopt, transport or abduct a person,

by means of threat or use of force, fraud, deceit,
violence, coercion, or intimidation for the purpose of
removal or sale of organs of said person; and
 To recruit, transport or adopt a child to engage in
armed activities in the Philippines or abroad.
RA 9208 (Trafficking in Persons, 2003)
Qualified Trafficking in Persons.
(a) When the trafficked person is a child;
(b) When the adoption is effected through Republic Act
No. 8043, otherwise known as the “Inter-Country Adoption
Act of 1995” and said adoption is for the purpose of
prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced
labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;
(d) When the offender is an ascendant, parent, sibling,
guardian or a person who exercises authority over the
trafficked person or when the offense is committed by a
public officer or employee;
 RA 9208 (Trafficking in Persons, 2003)
Qualified Trafficking in Persons.
(e) When the trafficked person is recruited to engage in
prostitution with any member of the military or law
enforcement agencies;
(f) When the offender is a member of the military or law
enforcement agencies;
and
(g) When by reason or on occasion of the act of trafficking
in persons, the offended party dies, becomes insane,
suffers mutilation or is afflicted with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Obscene Publications and Indecent
Shows
Obscene Publications and Indecent Shows. - Any person
who shall hire, employ, use, persuade, induce or coerce a
child to perform in obscene exhibitions and indecent shows,
whether live or in video, or model in obscene publications or
pornographic materials or to sell or distribute the said
materials shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its
medium period.
If the child used as a performer, subject or seller/distributor is
below twelve (12) years of age, the penalty shall be
imposed in its maximum period.
Obscene Publications and Indecent
Shows
Any ascendant, guardian, or person entrusted in any
capacity with the care of a child who shall cause and/or
allow such child to be employed or to participate in an
obscene play, scene, act, movie or show or in any other acts
covered by this section shall suffer the penalty of prision
mayor in its medium period.
RA 9775 AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

“Child pornography” refers to any representation, whether

visual, audio, or written combination thereof, by electronic,
mechanical, digital, optical, magnetic or any other means,
of child engaged or involved in real or simulated explicit
sexual activities.
RA 9775 AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

“Explicit Sexual Activity” includes actual or simulated –

 sexual intercourse or lascivious act including, but not
limited to, contact involving genital to genital, oral to
genital, anal to genital, or oral to anal, whether between
persons of the same or opposite sex;
 bestiality; masturbation; sadistic or masochistic abuse;
lascivious exhibition of the genitals, buttocks, breasts,
pubic area and/or anus; or use of any object or instrument
for lascivious acts
[ Republic Act No. 10175 ] AN ACT DEFINING
CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION,
INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION AND THE IMPOSITION OF
PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

(1) Cybersex. — The willful engagement, maintenance,

control, or operation, directly or indirectly, of any
lascivious exhibition of sexual organs or sexual activity,
with the aid of a computer system, for favor or
consideration.
[ Republic Act No. 10175 ] AN ACT DEFINING
CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION,
INVESTIGATION, SUPPRESSION AND THE IMPOSITION OF
PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

(2) Child Pornography. — The unlawful or prohibited acts

defined and punishable by Republic Act No. 9775 or the
Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, committed through
a computer system: Provided, That the penalty to be
imposed shall be (1) one degree higher than that
provided for in Republic Act No. 9775.
In a tourist resort, you see a foreigner accompanied
by a Filipino child below 12 years of age. Is this
okay?
“Other Acts of Abuse” happens when a person is with a
child 12 years old and below or who is more than 10 years younger
and the child is not related to the adult within the fourth degree of
consanguity or affinity or any bond recognized by law, local
custom and traditional, or acts in the performance of a social,
moral, or legal duty.
They are in any public or private place, hotel, motel, beer joint,
discotheque, cabaret, pension house, sauna or massage parlor,
beach and/or other tourist resort or similar places. The penalty is
prision mayor in its maximum period and a fine of not less than Fifty
thousand pesos (P50,000.00.
OTHER ACTS OF ABUSE (RA 7610)
A person offers a minor to someone prohibited by this
law to have the minor in his company. The person
offering the minor can be penalized with prision mayor
and a fine of not less than Forty thousand pesos
(P40,000.00);
If the perpetrator is an ascendant, stepparent or
guardian of the minor, the penalty to be imposed shall
be prision mayor in its maximum period, a fine of not less
than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00), and the loss of
parental authority over the minor.
OTHER ACTS OF ABUSE (RA 7610)

Any person, owner, manager or one entrusted with the

operation of any public or private place of
accommodation, whether for occupancy, food, drink or
otherwise, including residential places, who allows any
person to take along with him to such place or places
any minor herein described shall be imposed a penalty
of prision mayor in its medium period and a fine of not
less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00), and the loss
of the license to operate such a place or establishment.
OTHER ACTS OF ABUSE (RA 7610)
 (e)Any person who shall use, coerce, force or
intimidate a street child or any other child to:

(1) Beg or use begging as a means of living;

 (2) Act as conduit or middlemen in drug trafficking
or pushing; or
 (3) Conduct any illegal activities
shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional in its
medium period to reclusion perpetua.
 Penalties for crimes of murder, homicide, other
intentional mutilation, and serious physical injuries,
increased when the victim is under 12 years of age
 Penalties for qualified seduction, acts of
lasciviousness with the consent of the offended
party, corruption of minors, and white slave trade -
one (1) degree higher than that imposed by law
when the victim is under twelve (12) years age.
 All
establishments and enterprises which promote or
facilitate child prostitution and other sexual abuse,
child trafficking, obscene publications and indecent
shows, and other acts of abuse shall be immediately
closed and their authority or license to operate
cancelled, without prejudice to the owner or
manager thereof being prosecuted under this Act
and/or the Revised Penal Code, as amended, or
special laws
Child Labor
A Child below 15 years of age is allowed to
work when directly under the sole responsibility
of his parents or legal guardian and where only
members of his/her family are employed:
Provided, that his/her employment doesn’t
endanger his/ her life, safety, health & morals,
nor impairs his/her normal development:
Provided, that the parent or legal guardian
shall provide the child with the prescribed
primary and/or secondary education.
 Employment or participation in public &
entertainment or information through cinema,
theater, radio or television when necessary,
provided, the employment contract is signed by
the child's parent or guardian, with the express
agreement of the child, if possible, and the
approval of the Department of Labor and
Employment
(Employment in entertainment)

Provided, (a) The employer shall ensure the protection,

health, safety and morals of the child;
 (b) the employer shall institute measures to prevent the
child's exploitation or discrimination.
 (c) The employer shall formulate and implement,
subject to the approval and supervision of competent
authorities, a continuing program for training and skill
acquisition of the child.
Sec. 14. Prohibition on the Employment
of Children in Certain Advertisements. -
No child shall be employed as a model
in any advertisement directly or
indirectly promoting alcoholic
beverages, intoxicating drinks, tobacco
and its by-products, gambling or any
form of violence or pornography.” (as
amended by RA 9231)
Hours of Work of a Working Child. –
Below fifteen years of age - not more than twenty (20)
hours a week AND not be more than four (4) hours at
any given day;
Between 15 and 18 - not more than eight (8) hours a
day, and in no case beyond forty (40) hours a week;
No child below fifteen shall work between 8:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m. of the following day
No child between 15 and 18 shall work between 10:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.”
(RA 9231 amendment in 2003)
 Penalty for child labor
 Any employer who violates Sections 12 (age of
employment), 12-A (working hours), and Section
14 (children in advertisements) shall be penalized
by imprisonment of six (6) months and one (1) day
to six (6) years or a fine of not less than Fifty
thousand pesos (P50,000.00) but not more than
Three hundred thousand pesos (P300,000.00) or
both at the discretion of the court. (as amended
by RA 9231)
“SEC. 12-D. Prohibition Against Worst Forms of Child
Labor. - No child shall be engaged in the worst forms
of child labor. The phrase “worst forms of child labor”
shall refer to any of the following:
(1) All forms of slavery, as defined under the “Anti-
trafficking in Persons Act of 2003”, or practices
similar to slavery such as sale and trafficking of
children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced
or compulsory labor, including recruitment of
children for use in armed conflict; or
“SEC. 12-D. Prohibition Against Worst Forms of Child
Labor. - …

“(2) The use, procuring, offering or exposing of a child

for prostitution, for the production of pornography or
for pornographic performances; or
“(3) The use, procuring or offering of a child for illegal
or illicit activities, including the production and
trafficking of dangerous drugs and volatile
substances prohibited under existing laws; or
When is work deemed hazardous?
 “(4)Work which, by its nature or the circumstances
in which it is carried out, is hazardous or likely to be
harmful to the health, safety or morals of children,
such that it:
 “a) Debases, degrades or demeans the intrinsic
worth and dignity of a child as a human being; or
 “b) Exposes the child to physical, emotional or
sexual abuse, or is found to be highly stressful
psychologically or may prejudice morals; or
When is work deemed hazardous?
 “c) Is performed underground, underwater or at
dangerous heights; or
 “d) Involves the use of dangerous machinery,
equipment and tools, such as power-driven or
explosive power-actuated tools; or
 “e) Exposes the child to physical danger such as,
but not limited to the dangerous feats of balancing,
physical strength or contortion, or which requires the
manual transport of heavy loads; or
When is work deemed hazardous?
f) Is performed in an unhealthy environment exposing the
child to hazardous working conditions, elements, substances,
co-agents or processes involving ionizing, radiation, fire,
flammable substances, noxious components and the like, or
to extreme temperatures, noise levels, or vibrations; or
“g) Is performed under particularly difficult conditions; or
“h) Exposes the child to biological agents such as bacteria,
fungi, viruses, protozoans, nematodes, and other parasites;
or
“i) Involves the manufacture or handling of explosives and
other pyrotechnic products.
ARTICLE IX Children of Indigenous Cultural Communities

Children of indigenous cultural communities shall be

entitled to protection, survival and development
consistent with the customs and traditions of their
respective communities.

The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall provide

ALS for children of indigenous cultural communities which ALS
shall be culture-specific and relevant to the needs of and the
existing situation in their communities.
 ARTICLEIX Children of Indigenous Cultural Communities
Children
 Participation.- Indigenous cultural communities, through
their duly-designated or appointed representatives shall
be involved in planning, decision-making
implementation, and evaluation of all government
programs affecting children of indigenous cultural
communities. Indigenous institution shall also be
recognized and respected.
 Sec. 19. Health and Nutrition. - The delivery of basic social
services in health and nutrition to children of indigenous
cultural communities shall be given priority by all government
agencies concerned.
 Indigenous health practices shall be respected and
recognized.
 Sec. 20. Discrimination. - Children of indigenous cultural
communities shall not be subjected to any and all forms of
discrimination.
 Any person who discriminate against children of indigenous
cultural communities shall suffer a penalty of arresto mayor in
its maximum period and a fine of not less than Five thousand
pesos (P5,000.00) more than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00).
 ARTICLE X Children in Situations of Armed Conflict

 Children shall not be the object of attack. They shall be protected

from any form of threat, assault, torture or other cruel, inhumane or
degrading treatment;
 Children shall not be recruited to become members of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines or of its civilian units or other armed groups,
nor be allowed to take part in the fighting, or used as guides, couriers,
or spies;
 Delivery of basic social services such as education, primary health
and emergency relief services shall be continue;
 Public infrastructure such as schools, hospitals and rural health units
shall not be utilized for military purposes such as command posts,
barracks, detachments, and supply depots; and
 All appropriate steps shall be taken to facilitate the reunion of families
temporarily separated due to armed conflict.
Evacuation of Children During Armed Conflict. - Children
shall be given priority and measures shall be taken to
ensure that children evacuated are accompanied by
persons responsible for their safety and well-being.
Family Life and Temporary Shelter. - Whenever possible,
members of the same family shall be housed in the same
premises and given separate accommodation from other
evacuees and provided with facilities to lead a normal
family life.
Expectant and nursing mothers and children shall be
given additional food in proportion to their physiological
needs. When feasible, children shall be given
opportunities for physical exercise, sports and outdoor
games.
Sec. 25. Rights of Children Arrested for Reasons Related to
Armed Conflict. - A child arrested for reasons related to
armed conflict, either as combatant, courier, guide or spy is
entitled to the following rights;
(a) Separate detention from adults except where families
are accommodated as family units;
(b) Immediate free legal assistance;
(c) Immediate notice of arrest to the parents or guardians;
(d) Release of the child on recognizance within 24 hours to
the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development or any responsible member of the community
as determined by the court.
 Ifthe court finds that the child committed the acts
charged, the court shall determine the imposable
penalty, including any civil liability. Instead of
pronouncing judgment of conviction, the court shall
suspend all further proceedings and commit the
child to the custody of the Department of Social
Welfare and Development or any training institution
operated by the Government, or duly-licensed
agencies or any other responsible person, until he
reaches eighteen (18) years of age or, or for a
shorter period as the court may deem proper.
ARTICLE XI Remedial Procedures

Sec. 27. Who May File a Complaint. - Complaints on cases of unlawful acts
committed against the children as enumerated in RA 7610 may be filed by
the following:

(a) Offended party;

(b) Parents or guardians;
(c) Ascendant or collateral relative within the third degree of consanguinity;
(d) Officer, social worker or representative of a licensed child-caring
institution;
(e) Officer or social worker of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development;
(f) Barangay chairman; or
(g) At least three (3) concerned responsible citizens where the violation
occurred.
Sec. 28. Protective Custody of the Child. - The
offended party shall be immediately placed
under the protective custody of the
Department of Social Welfare and
Development pursuant to Executive Order No.
56, series of 1986. Custody proceedings shall
be in accordance with the provisions of
Presidential Decree No. 603.
Confidentiality. - The offended party may have his
name withheld from the public until the court
acquires jurisdiction over the case.
 It shall be unlawful for any editor, publisher, and
reporter or columnist in case of printed materials,
announcer or producer in case of television and
radio broadcasting, producer and director of the
film in case of the movie industry, to cause undue
and sensationalized publicity of any case of
violation of this Act which results in the moral
degradation and suffering of the offended party.
 “SEC. 16-A. Jurisdiction - The family courts shall have original
jurisdiction over all cases involving offenses punishable under
this Act: Provided, That in cities or provinces where there are
no family courts yet, the regional trial courts and the municipal
trial courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction depending on the
penalties prescribed for the offenses charged.
 “The preliminary investigation of cases filed under this Act shall
be terminated within a period of thirty (30) days from the date
of filing
 Trial of cases under this Act shall be terminated by the court
not later than ninety (90) days from the date of filing of
information. Decision on said cases shall be rendered within a
period of fifteen (15) days from the date of submission of the
case.
(As amended by RA 9231)
 Penalties
When the offender is a foreigner, he shall be
deported immediately after service of sentence and
forever barred from entry to the country;
The penalty provided for in this Act shall be imposed
in its maximum period if the offender is a public
officer or employee: If the penalty imposed is
reclusion perpetua or reclusion temporal, the
penalty of perpetual or temporary absolute
disqualification shall also be imposed. If the penalty
is prision correccional or arresto mayor, the penalty
of suspension shall also be imposed; and
 Where can I report child abuse cases?
 Department of Social Welfare & Development or to the
Child Health and Intervention and Protective Service
(CHIPS)
 Anti-Child
Abuse, Discrimination, Exploitation Division
(ACADED) National Bureau of Investigation
 Commission on Human Rights Child Rights Center
 Philippine National Police Operation Center
 DOJTask Force on Child Protection, or contact the
nearest Provincial, City or Regional Prosecutor
 Local Barangay Council for the Protection of Children
Who are required by law to report child abuse
cases?
 The head of a public or private hospital, medical clinic or
similar institution, also the physician and nurse who attended
to the child.
 Teachers and administrators of public schools
 Parole and probation officers
 Government lawyers
 Law enforcement officers
 Barangay officials
 Correction officers such as jail guards
 Other government officials and employees whose work
involves dealing with children
Where should a complaint for child abuse
be filed?

Your compliant should be filed with the

Department of Social Welfare and
Development or with the police or other
law enforcement agency.