CAT/C/PHL/CO/3 (c) The enactment of the Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act No. 9710), in August 2009; (d) The enactment of the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10353), in December 2012; (e) The enactment of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354), in December 2012; (f) The enactment of the Recognizance Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10389), which institutionalized recognizance as a mode of granting the release of an indigent person in custody as an accused in a criminal case, in 2012; (g) The amendment of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 (Republic Act No. 9344) by the adoption of Republic Act No. 10630, in October 2013. 5. The Committee further welcomes the initiatives of the State party to amend its policies, programmes and administrative measures to give effect to the Convention, including through: (a) The approval by the Supreme Court of the Revised Rule on Children in Conflict with the Law, in December 2009; (b) The adoption of the Philippine Human Rights Action Plan for 2012-2017; (c) The adoption of the 2012-2016 plan for implementing the Magna Carta of Women, entitled “Women’s empowerment and development towards gender equality”; (d) The issuance by the President of the implementing rules and regulations of the Anti-Torture Act, on 10 December 2010; (e) The establishment of the Human Rights Affairs Office, under the Directorate for Inmate Welfare and Development, and of a human rights desk staffed by a designated official in every jail, by memorandums of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology dated 27 September 2010 and 21 February 2011; (f) The issuance by the President of Administrative Order No. 35, creating the Inter-Agency Committee on Extra-Legal Killings, Enforced Disappearances, Torture and other Grave Violations of the Right to Life, Liberty and Security of Persons, on 22 November 2012; (g) The issuance by the Department of Health of an order, inspired by the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol), instructing government doctors to perform their role in line with the Anti-Torture Act; (h) The passage of Republic Act No. 10398 declaring 23 November National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Children, in March 2013; (i) The issuance by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of a memorandum banning the use and ordering the confiscation and destruction of sticks, paddles, belts and similar devices that could be used in jails for the corporal punishment of inmates, in August 2013; (j) The issuance by the President of Executive Order No. 138 amending Executive Order No. 56 (S. 2001) adopting the Comprehensive Program Framework for Children in Armed Conflict, Strengthening the Council for the Welfare of Children and for other Purposes, on 2 August 2013; 2