2020) iii Section 2, R.A. No. 7277 iv Degener, T. (2014 December) A Human Rights Model of Disability. file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/Degener-humanrightsmodeofdisability.pdf (accessed 18 March 2020) v Article 3, UNCRPD vi For a timeline of the COVID-19 outbreak, please see: Coronavirus Timeline: Tracking the Critical Moments of COVID-19 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-timelinetracking-critical-moments-covid-19-n1154341 (accessed 26 March 2020) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_the_Philippines (accessed 26 March 2020) vii International Disability Alliance (19 March 2020) Toward a Disability-Inclusive COVID19 Response: 10 recommendations from the International Disability Alliance http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/ida_recommendations_for_disabilityinclusive_covid19_response_final.pdf (accessed 25 March 2020) viii UNFPA. COVID-19: A Gender Lense. See https://www.unfpa.org/resources/covid-19-genderlens (accessed 1 Apr 2020) ix Ibid. Attached herewith as Annex A is the complete document x Institutionalization involves hospitalization on the basis of disability. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2014), “persons with disabilities -in particular persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities- have often been committed by force to psychiatric institutions, away from the community and without freedom to choose their medical treatments.” (page 12, The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Training Guide No. 19) https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/CRPD_TrainingGuide_PTS19_EN%20Accessible.pdf (accessed 25 March 2020) xi UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office. COVID-19 Guidance Note and the UNFPA COVID-19: Gender Lens xii Gender in Humanitarian Action Asia and the Pacific. The COVID Outbreak and Gender: Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific xiii Republic Act No. 10070 took effect in 2010 and established an institutional mechanism to ensure the implementation of programs and services for persons with disabilities in every province, city and municipality. The Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) shall be established in all provinces, cities, and first (1st), second (2nd) and third (3rd) class municipalities under the office of the governor, city or municipal mayor, respectively. The PDAO may be a department, division or section. In 4th, 5th, and 6th class municipalities, the municipal mayor shall designate or appoint a Focal Person to perform the functions of PDAO. xiv The State's obligation to respect means that it must refrain from interfering with the enjoyment of rights. The obligation protect means that it must prevent violations of rights by third parties such as private enterprises, medical professionals and so on. The obligation to fulfill means that the State must take appropriate legislative, administrative, budgetary, judicial and other action to realize rights. (page 34, The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Training Guide No. 19) https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/CRPD_TrainingGuide_PTS19_EN%20Accessible.pdf xv Refer to Republic Act Nos. 9442 (2007); 10524 (2013); 10754 (2016); 11228 (2019) xvi See https://web.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=103295021328402&id=103282977996273 (accessed 30 March 2020) Attached herewith as Annex B is the complete document xvii Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Worm, Ilse (2012) A Human Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Development. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/A_human_rightsbased_approach_to_disability_in_development.pdf (accessed 30 March 2020) xviii See Question No. 13, Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights Indicators of the CRPD https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disability/Pages/EUAndOHCHRProjectBridgingGapIFAQ.aspx (accessed 30 March 2020) xix See https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/28/20/task-force-oks-guidelines-on-covid-19-socialamelioration-measures (accessed 31 March 2020) xx According to Article 2, UNCRPD: Reasonable accommodation means necessary and 12