available hospital. Next, the ZCPO refers the complaint to the prosecutor
for preliminary investigation. Thereafter, the Prosecutor files the case. If
the case has merits, the prosecutor files lthe case to court and applies for
Temporary Protection Order. If not, the victim has the option to appeal the
case to the Department of Justice (see Figure C).
To the ZCSWD, its process begins upon the receipt of a report from the
ZCPD-WCPD of an incident, which could also be from the BLGU-VAW
corners/sections, to be designated to social workers handling cases, and to
the shelter or the Women’s Crisis Center for therapy and treatment, as the
situation may be (see Figure D). From the BLGU-VAW however, there
would be close monitoring of VAW victims before recommending them to
be at the WCC.
Figure D. Flowchart in Handling Cases by CSWDO (CSWDO, 2020)
At the CHR, the process begins when there is a walk-in complaint, followed
by the docketing of the case, which is followed by a dialogue, investigation
(which covers issuance of affidavit, submission of documents, resolution),
filing of motion for reconsideration, and filing of case (see Figure E).
Figure E. Flowchart in Handling Cases by CHR (CHR, 2020)
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