Guidelines on the Provision of Legal Assistance during the State of Public Health Emergency

May 26, 2020POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 012-20TO :All Concerned    SUBJECT :Guidelines on the Provision of Legal Assistance during the State of Public Health Emergency Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11469, the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act," recognizing the urgent need to mitigate, if not contain, the transmission of COVID-19, to protect and promote the collective interests of all Filipinos in these challenging times, also Presidential Proclamation No. 922, declaring a State of Public Health Emergency throughout the Philippines, and enjoining all government agencies to undertake measures to curtail and eliminate the COVID-19 threat and in compliance with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases' Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine, Administrative Order No. 30 (series of 2020) and DOLE Administrative Order No. 213 (series of 2020), enjoining agencies to implement their respective procedures and processes, the following guidelines shall be observed for the provision of legal assistance: HEITADI. SCOPE and COVERAGEThese guidelines shall cover all requests for legal assistance by victims of illegal recruitment and related cases, which are criminal or...