Documentation on GBV Mapping Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Region _ This was supported by CSWDO saying that the usual services were uninterrupted. There was continuous service offered though the mode of giving was changed. They shifted from face to face to window transactions while observing social distancing and other health protocols. Prosecutor Deris affirmed that even though their office was closed during the ECQ, services were uninterrupted. In some case where the investigation process was interrupted because of the implementation of ECQ in March like psychological abuse, the investigation did not prosper because the family lost interest in pursuing the case and decided to settle the dispute among themselves. The legal services mostly accessed by women services during the ECQ, was more on legal advice. If they have not filed a case yet, they advised them on the veracity if the case will be filed. In this case, legal advices were available even during the ECQ because our office was open and they had a hotline. Most of them decide not to file a case after getting educated about filing cases. There was a case that at the onset of reporting, the complainants were really decided to file a case in court but during the course of the trial, or halfway of the trial, the women victim would request for dismissal even if the trial is ongoing. “In that case, if the complainant requests for the dismissal of the case, then we cannot do anything about it. We only advise them that they can always file it again. There was even a case of a battered wife.” She first filed a case because she was always getting beat up her husband. The husband apologized and the victim requested a dismissal for the case but she filed it again because it happened again that she almost died. She probably had a battered wife syndrome. The other one was a couple who was married for 30 years. The husband had another woman. Along the course of the trial, the husband apologized, and the wife forgave him and they didn’t attend the hearing so the case was dismissed. Avila emphasized that it is the hope of CHR that the interagency like PAO, CSWDO and PNP can share data but we are limited because of the confidentiality clause. Atty. Sabaybay recalled that it was only the Office of the President and DOJ who have requested data through the CHR regional office. 9