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Republic Act No. 8505: " Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998."

This document outlines the key provisions of the Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 in the Philippines. It establishes rape crisis centers run by government agencies and NGOs to provide counseling, medical care, legal assistance, and recovery programs to rape victims. It also mandates that police immediately assist victims, ensure privacy during investigations, and establish women's desks. The law protects victims' privacy during legal proceedings and limits questioning of victims' past sexual history unless directly relevant to the case.

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Republic Act No. 8505: " Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998."

This document outlines the key provisions of the Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 in the Philippines. It establishes rape crisis centers run by government agencies and NGOs to provide counseling, medical care, legal assistance, and recovery programs to rape victims. It also mandates that police immediately assist victims, ensure privacy during investigations, and establish women's desks. The law protects victims' privacy during legal proceedings and limits questioning of victims' past sexual history unless directly relevant to the case.

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REPUBLIC ACT NO.

8505            
"RAPE VICTIM ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION ACT OF 1998."

ATTY. JUVI H. GAYATAO


SECTION 3. RAPE CRISIS CENTER
(DSWD), (DOH), (DILG), (DOJ), (NGO) PER PROVINCE AND CITY

• (a) Providing rape victims with psychological counseling, medical


and health services, including their medico-legal examination;
• (b) Securing free legal assistance or service, when necessary, for
rape victims;
• (c) Assisting rape victims in the investigation to hasten the arrest
of offenders and the filing of cases in court;
• (d) Ensuring the privacy and safety of rape victims;
• (e) Providing psychological counseling and medical services
whenever necessary for the family of rape victims;
• (f) Developing and undertaking a training program for law
enforcement officers, public prosecutors, lawyers, medico-legal
officers, social workers, and barangay officials on human rights
and responsibilities; gender sensitivity and legal management of
rape cases; and
• (g) Adopting and implementing programs for the recovery of rape
victims.
SECTION 4. DUTY OF THE POLICE OFFICER.
• (a) Immediately refer the case to the prosecutor
for inquest/investigation if the accused is
detained; otherwise, the rules of court shall apply;
• (b) Arrange for counseling and medical services
for the offended party; and
• (c) Immediately make a report on the action
taken.
• It shall be the duty of the police officer or the examining physician,
who must be of the same gender as the offended party, to ensure
that only persons expressly authorized by the offended party shall
be allowed inside the room where the investigation or medical or
physical examination is being conducted.
• For this purpose, a women's desk must be established in every
police precinct throughout the country to provide a police woman
to conduct investigation of complaints of women rape victims. In
the same manner, the preliminary investigation proper or inquest
of women rape victims must be assigned to female prosecutor or
prosecutors after the police shall have endorsed all the pertinent
papers thereof to the same office.
SECTION 5. PROTECTIVE MEASURES
• - At any stage of the investigation, prosecution
and trial of a complaint for rape, the police officer,
the prosecutor, the court and its officers, as well
as the parties to the complaint shall recognize the
right to privacy of the offended party and the
accused.
SECTION 6. RAPE SHIELD
• . - In prosecutions for rape, evidence of
complainant's past sexual conduct, opinion
thereof or of his/her reputation shall not be
admitted unless, and only to the extent that the
court finds, that such evidence is material and
relevant to the case.

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