I'm Giancarlo Enrico S. Pozon, a Wushu instructor, investor and Barrister... That's right, Barrister; I graduated from law school and took the Bar Exams, now I'm waiting for the results. I created this blog to make Philippine Law easy to understand for the average person. It's all about free legal advice. There are many law blogs. But the problem is that many of them are written for lawyers and law students. They use words that can't be understood by ordinary people.
Many lawyers, judges and law students consider themselves as superior to most human beings because of their knowledge of the law. It bothers me since the law is supposed to serve society. Since the law is meant to serve society as a whole, it is important that is must be understood by everybody.
This does not mean that we should all become lawyers. It means that although law is a highly specialized profession, the first duty of everybody in this profession is to make the law understandable to all; that's why all these articles are free legal advice.
Like I said, this blog is about law -but it's for the ordinary people, not the lawyers. It's for the ordinary folk so they will know what is good and bad for them, and that making them aware of the law will help us all improve society as a whole. This is free legal advice for everybody!
After reading the requirements for working children, we now turn to what should not be done. The prohibitions enumerated below are not exclusive and can cover acts of a similar nature.
1.) All forms of slavery defined under RA 9208 (Anti-Trafficking of Persons Act) or practices similar to slavery like sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced/compulsory labor, including recruitment of children for use in armed conflict
2.) The use, procuring, offering or exposing a child for prostitution or the production of pornography/pornographic performances
3.) The use, procuring or offering a child for illegal purposes, including the production and trafficking of dangerous drugs and volatile substances prohibited under other laws
4.) If the work is, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, hazardous or likely to be harmful to the health, safety and morals of children by:
a.) Debases, degrades or demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a human being
b.) Exposes the child to physical, emotional, psychological or sexual abuse, if found to be highly stressful or may prejudice morals
c.) Performed underground, underwater (like muro-ami) or at dangerous heights
d.) Involves the use of dangerous equipment and machinery (power tools, explosives, etc.)
e.) Exposes the child to physical danger such as (but not limited to) dangerous feats of balancing, physical strength or contortion or requires the transport of heavy loads
f.) Performed in an unhealthy environment exposing the child to hazardous working conditions, elements, substances and co-agents and processes involving ionizing, radiation, fire, flammable substances, noxious components, etc. or extreme temperatures, noise and vibrations
g.) Performed under particularly difficult conditions
h.) Exposes a child to biological agents (bacteria, fungi, viruses, nematodes, protozoans and other parasites)
i.) Involves the manufacture of explosives and other pyrotechnic products
Children are also not allowed to participate in advertisements directly or indirectly promoting alcoholic beverages, tobacco and its byproducts, gambling, violence or pornography.
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