Documentation on GBV Mapping Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Region _ Then Avila asked if there was a representative from the PNP, majority of the participants said that there was no representative. Regarding budgeting, the participants affirmed that they did not have experience in the process or deliberation because their budget was centralized but Prosecutor Bance confirmed that there were seminars conducted during the regional convention. In the case of CSWDO, the budget for GAD is included in the Information Education Campaign item in the annual budget for the schools, barangays, and other support services. As to the imposition of curfew hours, its impact and possible declining effect to GBV cases, CSWDO shared that during the first part of 2020 before the pandemic there were many cases of rape and acts of lasciviousness, plus several violation of RA 9262. This was supported by Atty. Sabaybay, she further explained that the violation of RA 9262 was mostly caused by economic abuse and this are the most common cases we received before the pandemic. Then, Sharon Tud added that there were 6 sexual abuse and 15 physical abuse filed before the pandemic but during the ECQ there was a significant decrease. Avila probed what could be the possible reason of the decrease in the documented GBV cases during the ECQ, CSWDO emphasized that the restriction to go out and problems in transportation can be the two major reasons of the decrease of GBV incidence. The source of their data comes from police blotter, CSWDO and WCPD comparing it before the ECQ. This was supported by Prosecutor Deris because before the pandemic, there were more than 10 cases, but during the post ECQ, the numbers were almost similar. But even though it decreased, there were inquest cases during the ECQ. Mostly on rape and acts of lasciviousness but not much on the violation of RA 9262. Prosecutor Bance, further explained that during the pandemic, they receive inquests. For the regular filings which were not filed in the police and sworn statements, they were filed after the ECQ and the most common cases were rape within the family, incest or statutory rape. Prosecutor Deris reiterated that one of the reasons why it decreased was because their office was closed, and they were not able to entertain regular cases. “We only report to office if there are inquests. We were open to receive cases but there were none filed. This was probably because of limited or no access to transportation in going to the police for the cases were mostly from far flung barangays or the mountain areas in Iriga.” Avila further probed that although there were high cases of GBV, the reporting process were still low during the pandemic. 6