38
2020 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines
na Dala ng COVID-19.
The latter was distributed
by the DILG to Local
Government
Units
(LGUs).
109
The number of sexual
abuses among children in
Region 1 is consistently
high. All the 11 cases
resolved involving minors
by CHR Regional Office
1 are for violation of the
right to protection of
honor and reputation.
PNP-PRO1 data also
shows that of the 252
complaints
received
involving
minors,
majority are sexual abuses
on children. There were
76 cases of Rape/Violation
of RA 8353, 50 cases of
acts of lasciviousness and
other sexual abuses, 36
cases of statutory rape, 19
cases of incestuous rape,
and 7 cases of attempted
rape. Physical injury and
abuse in relation to RA
7610 and RA 9262 is also
relatively high with 34
cases received.163 During
the ECQ, the court did
not conduct any hearing.
This affected not only the
pending cases of adults
but also those of Children
in Conflict with the
Law (CICL) at the Bahay
Pag-Asa and Regional
Rehabilitation Center for
Youth (RRCY).164
110
Visitations and sending
of goods to Children in
Conflict with the Law
(CICLs) in Bahay Pag-Asa
Centers (BPAs) have been
prohibited since the start
of the lockdown. In some
163
See CHR Regional Situation Report on Children January to June 2020.
164
Ibid.