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    The Republic Act 11648 amends the previous Anti-Rape Law of 1997 to provide stronger protection for minors aged 16 and under against sexual offenses like rape, sexual abuse, and exploitation. It raises the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16. The new law also mandates stricter penalties for keeping a minor aged 16 or under in establishments like hotels or bars. However, the law does not apply to persons related to the minor or those acting in a recognized social or legal duty. It also requires educating students on children's rights and protections.

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    The Republic Act 11648 amends the previous Anti-Rape Law of 1997 to provide stronger protection for minors aged 16 and under against sexual offenses like rape, sexual abuse, and exploitation. It raises the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16. The new law also mandates stricter penalties for keeping a minor aged 16 or under in establishments like hotels or bars. However, the law does not apply to persons related to the minor or those acting in a recognized social or legal duty. It also requires educating students on children's rights and protections.

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    The Republic Act 11648 amends the previous Anti-Rape Law of 1997 to provide stronger protection for minors aged 16 and under against sexual offenses like rape, sexual abuse, and exploitation. It raises the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16. The new law also mandates stricter penalties for keeping a minor aged 16 or under in establishments like hotels or bars. However, the law does not apply to persons related to the minor or those acting in a recognized social or legal duty. It also requires educating students on children's rights and protections.

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    The Republic Act 11648 amends the previous Anti-Rape Law of 1997 to provide stronger protection for minors aged 16 and under against sexual offenses like rape, sexual abuse, and exploitation. It raises the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16. The new law also mandates stricter penalties for keeping a minor aged 16 or under in establishments like hotels or bars. However, the law does not apply to persons related to the minor or those acting in a recognized social or legal duty. It also requires educating students on children's rights and protections.

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    The Republic Act 11648, Act providing for Stronger Protection against Rape and Sexual

    Exploitation and Abuse


    Rape is an inherently violent crime that typically results in physical, social, emotional, and
    psychological harm. It remains a prevalent social problem in the Philippines, and throughout
    the world.
    Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8353, otherwise known as the Anti-Rape Law of 1997, expanded the
    definition of the crime of rape in the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and re-classified it as a crime
    against persons instead of as a crime against chastity. As a crime against persons, the law no
    longer considers rape as a private crime. Thus, anyone who knows of the crime may file a case
    on the victim’s behalf, and prosecution may continue even if the victim drops the case. In this
    regard, the law is considered as progressive in terms of veering away from the chastity
    framework.
    According to the country’s National Baseline Study on Violence against Children (Council for the
    Welfare of Children, 2016), 1 out of 4 Filipino children experience some form of sexual violence
    with children aged 13-17 experiencing the most sexual violence. Majority of the victims of rape
    are children aged 13-15 according to the Philippine Commission on Women. By raising the age
    of sexual consent, we are casting a wider net to protect more children from being sexually
    abused and exploited, especially by adults.
    Last March 4, 2022, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure raising the age of
    sexual consent from 12 to 16 years to further shield minors from rape and other acts of sexual
    abuse.

    The Republic Act 11648, Act providing for stronger protection against rape and sexual
    exploitation and abuse, amends Republic Act 8353 of 1997. The new law provides additional
    protection to minors aged 16 and under against the following sexually related offenses:
    qualified seduction, child prostitution and other sexual abuse, child trafficking and forceful
    hiring of minors for obscene publications and indecent shows.

    RA 11648 also mandates the stricter protection of minors from "other acts of neglect, abuse,
    cruelty or exploitation prejudicial to the child's development."

    "Any person who shall keep or have in his company a minor 16 years of age or under or who is
    10 years or more his junior in any public or private place, hotel, motel, beer joint, discotheque,
    cabaret, pension house, sauna or massage parlor, beach, and/or other tourist or similar places
    shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor in its maximum period and a fine of not less than
    P50,000," part of the law read.

    The above, however, does not apply to any person who is related within the fourth degree of
    consanguinity or affinity or "any bond recognized by law, local custom and tradition or acts in
    the performance of a social, moral, or legal duty." The new law also mandates the Department
    of Education to include age-appropriate subjects concerning the rights and protection of the
    children in its basic curriculum.

    The above, however, does not apply to any person who is related
    within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity or "any bond
    recognized by law, local custom and tradition or acts in the
    performance of a social, moral, or legal duty." 

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