National Bureau of Investigation

Website: https://nbi.gov.ph/
Address: G. Araneta Avenue corner Maria Clara Street, Quezon City
Tel. No.: (02) 8523-8231 to 38

Functions:

  1. In all its regional and provincial offices, it provides a one-stop shop for all the needed legal and medical services for VAWC victim-survivor;
  2. Develop/adopt a protocol for  handling VAWC cases; 
  3. Conduct regular inspections in the setting-up of one-stop-shop facilities to ensure that procedures and personnel are gender-sensitive and gender-responsive and monitor the activities in the respective Child-Friendly Investigation Studios (CFIS) from time to time to determine its effectiveness and success in addressing cases of VAWC;
  4. Conduct training that will raise gender sensitivity among NBI agents/investigators and personnel; 
  5. Closely coordinate with all the Council member agencies for the effective detection and investigation of suspected VAWC perpetrators; and
  6. Formulate plans and programs for the detection and prevention of VAWC and for the arrest and prosecution of suspected VAWC abusers/perpetrators.