(o) Food blockade refers to an armed conflict tactic of forcibly cutting off entry of food
supplies in a particular area where children can be found;
(p) Government forces refer to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine
National Police (PNP), paramilitary and other law enforcement agencies;
(q) Grave child rights violations refer to the crimes committed against children that
constitute flagrant violations of their human rights and have severe consequences on
their lives. These crimes include those enumerated in Section 9 of this Act such as
killing or maiming of children, recruitment or use of CIAC, rape and other forms of
sexual violence against children, abduction of children, attacks against schools or
hospitals, or denial of humanitarian access to children;
(r) Hamleting refers to an armed conflict strategy used by one party involved in armed
conflict that isolates a community of importance to the other party which is inhabited by
children, including relocating a community away from crucial zones and could be used
to control the activities of the people in said areas;
(s) Hospitals or health facilities refer to any structure including diagnostic clinics or
multispecialty clinics recognized and known by the community as a facility where the
sick and wounded are provided with medical or health care services;
(t) Humanitarian access refers to the right of vulnerable populations to receive
international protection and assistance from an impartial humanitarian relief operation to
complement efforts of national authorities. Such action is subject to the consent of the
State or parties concerned and does not prescribe coercive measures in the event of
refusal, however unwarranted;
(u) Humanitarian assistance refers to any aid that seeks to save lives and alleviate
suffering of a crisis-affected population. Humanitarian assistance must be provided in
accordance with the basic humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality,
independence and neutrality. Assistance may be divided into three (3) categories: direct
assistance, indirect assistance, and infrastructure support, which have diminishing
degrees of contact with the affected population;
(v) Internally displaced children refer to children or group of children, whether separated
or together with their families, who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their
homes or places of habitual residence, in particular, as a result of or in order to avoid
the effect of armed conflict and situations of generalized violence;
(w) Killing of children refers to acts of all kinds in the context of armed conflict that result
in the death of one or more children. They include the death of children as a result of
direct targeting and indirect actions, such as cross fire, use of landmines and
improvised explosive devices (IED), cluster munitions, biological weapons of
destruction, all other forms and types of explosives; or house demolitions, search and
arrest campaigns, suicide attacks and torture; they also include murder, homicide and
such other similar crimes as defined in the Revised Penal Code, as amended, and
other special laws;
(x) Maiming of children refers to acts of all kinds in the context of armed conflict that
result in serious or permanent or disabling injury, scarring or defacing, or mutilation of
children. It shall cover intentional maiming of children where they are directly targeted,