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Marcos forms Presidential Office for Child Protection

Published Aug 8, 2024 11:47 pm

At A Glance

  • The POCP is tasked to monitor and harmonize government thrusts, policies, and programs relative to the protection of children and the promotion of their welfare, with a special focus on anti-OSAEC, anti-child human trafficking matters, and anti-CSAEM (Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials).

Citing the increasing online child sexual abuse and exploitation cases, President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 67, creating the Presidential Office for Child Protection (POCP) to help protect children from physical and mental distress.

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Based on the EO, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Aug. 6, the President, in creating the POCP, cited the need to defend the right of children to assistance and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development.

"In view of the increasing OSAEC (Online Sexual Abuse of Exploitation of Children) cases and other threats to the welfare of children in the Philippines... it is imperative to ensure a whole-of-nation approach in strengthening existing institutional and legal framework on child protection," Marcos said in his EO.

 

Duties

 

The POCP is tasked to monitor and harmonize government thrusts, policies, and programs relative to the protection of children and the promotion of their welfare, with a special focus on anti-OSAEC, anti-child human trafficking matters, and anti-CSAEM (Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation Materials).

It shall submit policy recommendations to the president and monitor the implementation of related directives, programs, and projects while ensuring that they are harmonized and not overlapping.

The POCP is tasked to identify and recommend the prioritization of urgent government interventions for the protection of children.

 

 

Members

 

The POCP shall be headed by a Presidential Adviser for Child Protection (PACP), who shall be under the control and supervision of the Special Assistant to the President (SAP).

Other members of the POCP include representatives from the following:

  • National Coordination Center
  • Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT)
  • Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC)
  • National Council Against Child Labor (NCACL)
  • Committee for the Special Protection of Children (CSPC)

 

The IACAT was created in 2003 under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act to, among others, formulate a comprehensive and integrated program to prevent and suppress trafficking in persons.

The CWC, created in 2009, was formed to coordinate the implementation and enforcement of all laws relative to the promotion of child and youth welfare.

The NCACL, established via EO 92 in 2019, was tasked to formulate a framework, national action plan, and other policies, guidelines, and programs for the effective implementation of child-related criminal laws.

Meanwhile, the CSPC was created in 2011 to coordinate and monitor the investigation and prosecution of cases involving violations of the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act and other child-related criminal laws.

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