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UNITED NATIONS CRC Convention on the Distr. Rights of the Child GENERAL CRC/C/PHL/3-4 20 March 2009 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION Third and fourth periodic reports of States parties due in 2007 PHILIPPINES* ** [18 January 2008] * For the second periodic report submitted by the Government of the Philippines, see CRC/C/65/Add.31; and for the concluding observations on the second periodic report, see CRC/C/15/Add.259. ** In accordance with the information given to States parties on the preparation of their reports, this document was not edited before being sent to the United Nations translation services. GE.09-41293 (E) 030409 CRC/C/PHL/3-4 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 - 11 6 I. GENERAL MEASURES OF IMPLEMENTATION ................... 12 - 78 8 A. Continuing review and enactment of legislation in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child ............................................................................... 12 - 19 8 B. National Plan of Action for Children ................................... 20 - 24 11 C. The Council for the Welfare of Children and its role in coordinating policies for children and CRC monitoring implementation of the Convention, including data collection .............................................................................. 25 - 34 13 D. Independent monitoring: Philippine Commission on Human Rights and its role in child rights promotion .......... 35 - 40 15 E. Budgetary allocations for children ....................................... 41 - 50 17 F. International cooperation ..................................................... 51 - 56 23 G. Cooperation with civil society ............................................. 57 - 61 26 H. Measures taken to make the principles and provisions of the Convention widely known ......................................... 62 - 67 28 I. Public dissemination of the second periodic report and concluding observations ...................................................... 68 - 70 30 J. Process of preparing the third and fourth periodic reports .................................................................................. 71 - 78 30 II. DEFINITION OF THE CHILD ..................................................... 79 - 81 32 III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES ............................................................. 82 - 99 34 A. Non-discrimination .............................................................. 82 - 86 34 B. Best interests of the child ..................................................... 87 - 88 35 C. The right to life, survival and development ......................... 89 - 94 36 D. Respect for the views of the child ........................................ 95 - 99 37 CRC/C/PHL/3-4 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page IV. CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ............................................. 100 - 118 39 A. Birth registration .................................................................. 100 - 105 39 B. Name, nationality and identity ............................................ 106 - 108 41 C. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ...................................................... 109 - 111 41 D. Corporal punishment ........................................................... 112 - 118 42 V. FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND ALTERNATIVE CARE ....... 119 - 143 44 A. Parental responsibilities ....................................................... 119 - 123 44 B. Recovery of maintenance for the child ................................ 124 - 125 45 C. Foster care and adoption ...................................................... 126 - 133 46 D. Abuse and neglect, mistreatment and violence ................... 134 - 141 47 E. Children in prison with their mothers .................................. 142 - 143 50 VI. BASIC HEALTH AND WELFARE ............................................. 144 - 209 51 A. Children with disabilities ..................................................... 144 - 155 51 B. Health and health services ................................................... 156 - 173 54 C. Environmental health ........................................................... 174 - 179 58 D. Adolescent health ................................................................ 180 - 193 60 E. HIV/AIDS ............................................................................ 194 - 200 63 F. Standard of living ................................................................ 201 - 209 66 VII. EDUCATION, LEISURE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ...... 210 - 243 69 A. Education, including vocational training and guidance ....... 210 - 232 69 B. Aims of education, with reference also to quality of education .............................................................................. 233 - 238 75 C. Rest, leisure, recreational and cultural and artistic activities ............................................................................... 239 - 243 77 CRC/C/PHL/3-4 page 4 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page VIII. SPECIAL PROTECTION MEASURES ....................................... 244 - 309 78 A. Children in situations of emergency .................................... 244 - 254 78 B. Children in situations of exploitation .................................. 255 - 285 81 C. Children in conflict with the law ......................................... 286 - 291 92 D. Children living or working on the streets ............................ 292 - 302 94 E. Children of indigenous peoples ........................................... 303 - 309 98 IX. OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ............................................. 310 - 322 100 A. Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography ............................. 311 - 319 100 B. Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict .................................................................. 320 - 322 104 X. VOICES OF CHILDREN .............................................................. 323 - 332 106 CRC/C/PHL/3-4 page 5 LIST OF TABLES Page Table 1. Status of local councils for the protection of children, 2007 ........................... 12 Table 2. Government expenditure programme by sector, 2002-2006 ........................... 18 Table 3. Percentage distribution of Government expenditure by sector, 2004-2006 .... 19 Table 4. Resources available for the Millennium Development Goals in current prices, 2007-2015 ............................................................................ 20 Table 5. Resource requirements for the Millennium Development Goals in current prices, 2007-2015 ................................................................................ 20 Table 6. Resource gaps in attaining the Millennium Development Goals in current prices, 2007-2015 ............................................................................ 21 Table 7. Selected international non-governmental organizations (INGO) budget allocations for children, 2001-2006 ..................................................... 25 Table 8. Plan Philippines: budgetary allocations for children ....................................... 26 Table 9. Percentage of mothers by knowledge of children’s rights, Country Programme for Children (CPC) six areas, 2007 .............................................. 29 Table 10. Estimated population of Filipino children, 2001-2005 .................................... 32 Table 11. Number of reported cases of child abuse served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) by type ................................... 48 Table 12. Children with disabilities by age group and type of disability as of 2000 census ............................................................................................. 51 Table 13. Education outcomes in public primary schools ............................................... 72 Table 14. Technical, vocational and educational training (TVET) enrollees, graduates and employment .............................................................................. 74 Table 15. Inventory of children in conflict with the law (CICL) by region as per records of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC), 2006 and 2007 .................................................................................................. 94 Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... 109 Data sources and references ............................................................................................... 115 CRC/C/PHL/3-4 page 6 Introduction 1. The Philippines is submitting as one consolidated document its third and fourth periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. As an exceptional measure, the Committee on the Rights of the Child had invited the Philippine Government to submit on 19 September 2007 a combined periodic report to enable the State party to catch up with its reporting obligations in full compliance with the Convention (Ref. CRC/C/15/Add.259, Concluding Observations: Philippines, 21 September 2005). 2. This report follows the revised general guidelines issued by the Committee on 29 November 2005 regarding the form and content of periodic reports to be submitted by States parties under article 44, paragraph