PPASJ Monitoring Table (Government Agencies and Constitutional Bodies)

PPASJ Monitoring Table

Projects/Activities Related to the Implementation

of the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists (PPASJ)

by Stakeholders in the Philippines

Government Agencies and Constitutional Bodies

Name of organization	Title and brief description of activity/initiative	1. Integrity and Professionalism	2. Conducive Working Conditions	3. Safety and Protection Mechanisms	4. Criminal Justice System	5. Public Information, Journalism Education, and Research
Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)	. Prepared the Crisis Management and Security Manual which serves as the basis for the formulation of contingency plans for crisis situation by Philippine Embassies and Consulates overseas			*
	. Provides free legal assistance under the witness Protection Program			*	*
Commission on Human Rights (CHR)	. Provides free legal assistance under the witness Protection Program			*
	. Supports the Senate Bill 1820 or the proposed Media Workers Welfare Ac		*
	. Task Force on Media-Related Extrajudicial Killings to monitor and investigate attacks against media workers			*	*
	. Regional Offices in Bicol, Cebu and Cotabato as focal points for investigation and consolidation of cases and information on media safety and welfare			*	*
	. Various training activities on documenting EJKs, on psychosocial and peer counseling, on digital and physical security			*
	. Citizens Help and Assistance Division at the Central Office and Regional Offices, and hotlines			*
	. Contact Center ng Bayan (A Direct Line to Public Service) website link: www.contactcenterngbayan.gov.p			*
	. Tanggol Karapatan, an electronic lawyering service			*	*
	. DOJ, CHR data sharing agreement on vital AO35 cases of extra-legal killings, enforced disappearances, torture and other human rights violations				*
	. Digital archives (KIBO) – a repository of CHRD’s collection of Digital Assets- videos, audio files, etc., with the intention of providing long-term access to information with varying evidential, legal, or contextual value				*
	. Web page; news reports; social media reports; HRD101 Videos (January 14, 2021)					*
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) - Office of Migrant Workers Affairs	. Human Rights and Labor Education (on laws and practices in host countries, to give migrants a clear understanding of the host country legislation to help them assert their human and labor rights)			*
	. Migrant Workers Loan Guarantee Fund		*
	. Legal Assistance Fund			*
	. Migrant Workers and other Filipinos Resource Center		*	*
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Bureau of Working Condition	. Employment Facilitation Program
	. Employment Preservation and Regulation Program			*	*
	. Workers Protection and Welfare Program			*	*
	. Broadcast Industry Tripartite Council (BrITC	*	*	*
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)	. Coordinates with appropriate international agencies in the repatriation of workers in cases of war, epidemic, disasters or calamities, natural or man-made (RA 8040			*
	. Conducts orientation programs for returning workers and other migrants			*
	. Monitors daily situation, circumstances and activities affecting migrant workers and other overseas Filipinos		*	*
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)	. Online services via POEA website (www.poea.gov.ph) for booking appointment, registration, and online documents submission, exit clearance, etc.
	. Free access to courts and quasi-judicial bodies			*	*
	. Provision of adequate legal assistance for documented and undocumented workers			*	*
	. Access to online pre-employment orientation seminar (PEOS) which aims to guide job seekers to understand the realities of working abroad		*
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS)	. Supports the passage of the House bill, Media Workers Welfare Ac		*
	. Published and distributed the “Handbook on Personal Security Measures for Media Practitioners”			*
	. Maintains a database of cases of media killings, attacks, and threats and harassments; Watchlist of Person/s of Interest; Quick Response System; dedicated 24/7 Hotline (639178406790); and Facebook accoun			*
	. In collaboration with member-agencies of the Task Force, PTFoMS investigates, monitors and acts on cases of killings of, attacks on, and harassment of media workers				*
	. Conducts webinars, seminars, and other events for journalists and citizens, e.g., press freedom caravan, webinar series					*

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