This course aims to equip prosecutors with the knowledge and skills to effectively apply investigative and prosecutorial techniques in handling dangerous drugs cases.
It includes asynchronous modules and synchronous learning activities on Republic Act No. 9165, as amended by Republic Act No. 10640, along with workshops and hands-on exercises.
This Course is the introduction module for the use of the DOJ-NPS Learning Management System. Users of the LMS are required to take this introduction course before they can proceed with the enrollment of other DOJ-NPS Courses.
The Comprehensive Prosecutors’ Assimilation (COMPASS) Course is an orientation program for newly appointed prosecutors under the Holistic and Lifelong Learning and Development Curriculum of the National Prosecution Service (NPS).
It integrates essential foundational courses, including Trial Advocacy, Techniques in Witness Handling, and the Review Course on the Revised Penal Code. The program also serves as the starting point of participants’ learning journey with the SPD, enabling progression to specialized training programs.
This course aims to equip participants with essential knowledge, skills, and ethical foundations of effective trial advocacy, including evidence presentation, witness examination, and persuasive argumentation.
The course includes practical instruction and participatory workshops designed to enhance litigation skills, from case analysis and trial preparation to written submissions, witness examination, and presentation of exhibits, with emphasis on case theory, strategy, and tactics.
This course aims to provide prosecutors with foundational knowledge and skills in witness handling, including interviewing, preparing, presenting, and managing witnesses, as well as anticipating challenges in dealing with them.
The course adopts a blended learning approach and covers types of witnesses, witness protection, prevention of witness tampering, and techniques for examining and impeaching witnesses.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to correctly identify felonies, penalties, and persons criminally liable, and apply these in given sets of facts and evidence.
This review course is an intensive, fully asynchronous, and self-paced program covering Books I and II of the Revised Penal Code, including updates on relevant jurisprudence. It features highly interactive and engaging presentations, guiding participants through key principles, penalties, and felonies. Participants revisit criminal law concepts through an interactive learning experience.
This course aims to build the capacity of prosecutors in understanding money laundering offenses and developing effective strategies for the presentation of evidence.
It is a blended learning program designed to enhance knowledge and skills in prosecuting money laundering cases, covering key concepts, legal remedies, and financial investigation techniques.
This course aims to strengthen prosecutors’ capacity to effectively apply investigative and prosecutorial techniques in handling cybercrime cases.
It includes a comprehensive series of learning activities, workshops, and hands-on demonstrations on cybercrime and Republic Act No. 10175 (Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012).
This course aims to enhance prosecutors’ knowledge, skills, and appreciation of the use of forensic evidence in criminal investigations, including case build-up, preliminary investigation, inquest, and prosecution.
The course includes modules on criminal investigation, expert witness presentation, and forensic disciplines such as firearms and ballistics, chemistry, medico-legal, forensic biology (including dactyloscopy, DNA, and odontology), digital forensics, document examination, behavioral science, and forensic photography.
This course aims to capacitate prosecutors in case build-up, inquest and preliminary investigation, and prosecution of terrorism and terrorism financing cases.
The course covers the salient provisions of Republic Act No. 11479 (Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020) and Republic Act No. 10168 (Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act), as well as counterterrorism measures, investigative tools, case build-up, and trial processes.
This course aims to enhance prosecutors’ knowledge of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), including relevant domestic legislation such as Republic Act Nos. 9851, 11188, and 10530, and to strengthen their capacity to investigate and prosecute violations.
The course covers IHL principles, conflict classification, and domestic application, with practical exercises such as resolution writing, information drafting, simulations, and mock trial.
This course aims to equip prosecutors with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively investigate, resolve, and prosecute cases involving women and children, including children as victims and as offenders (children in conflict with the law).
The course discusses fundamental laws and concepts relating to women and children, gender sensitivity, and trauma-informed approaches, and demonstrates how these may be effectively integrated into prosecutorial practice.
This course aims to enhance the technical capacity of prosecutors engaged in the protection of vulnerable populations, with a focus on child victims, individuals of diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC), and children affected by armed conflict.
The course covers foundational concepts and evidence-based practices, particularly in the forensic interviewing of child victims, grounded in child development, memory and suggestibility, interview planning, questioning techniques, and courtroom testimony. It also addresses children in armed conflict, including grave violations and key humanitarian and development concerns.
This course aims to provide prosecutors with foundational knowledge and skills to enhance their competence in the investigation and prosecution of environmental crimes. It includes an overview of selected environmental laws, with focus on fisheries, forestry, and mining.
The course covers the legal framework of Philippine environmental laws, the Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases, inquest and preliminary investigation, identification of witnesses, and trial preparation.
This course aims to strengthen prosecutors’ capacity to investigate and prosecute wildlife-related offenses by enhancing their knowledge of environmental laws, evidentiary requirements, and case strategies, and by improving coordination with enforcement agencies.
Building on the Fundamental Environmental Course, it focuses on wildlife protection laws, including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), commonly violated provisions, and illegal wildlife trade (IWT), particularly cyber-enabled IWT.
This course aims to enhance prosecutors’ capacity in the effective investigation and prosecution of violations of the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (E-NIPAS) Act.
It focuses on Republic Act No. 7586, as amended by Republic Act No. 11038, covering protected areas in the Philippines, offenses, elements, penalties, and coordination with enforcement agencies.
This course aims to equip prosecutors with the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate a Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) into all stages of drug case prosecution. It emphasizes prosecutors’ dual role as advocates and gatekeepers of justice, anchored on constitutional guarantees, statutory mandates, and Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Through interactive learning activities, participants will learn to assess the legality of arrests and searches, safeguard the chain of custody of evidence, apply the exclusionary rule, protect due process rights, conduct HRBA-compliant inquest and preliminary investigations, promote victim- and witness-sensitive practices, and uphold the rights of the accused.
This course aims to equip prosecutors with the knowledge and skills to effectively investigate and prosecute trafficking-in-persons cases.
It includes learning activities on Republic Act No. 9208, as amended by Republic Act No. 10364, as well as workshops and practical exercises to strengthen prosecutorial competence.
This course is the second, or intermediate-level, component of the Trafficking-in-Persons Training Module for prosecutors. It focuses on the Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) as a form of trafficking in persons.
The course aims to enhance prosecutors’ understanding of the technological and legal dimensions of OSAEC. It covers foundational concepts on how computers and the internet function, as well as methods for identifying, preserving, and obtaining relevant electronic evidence. It also discusses the Rules on Cybercrime Warrants, the Rule on Electronic Evidence, and the Rule on Examination of a Child Witness.
This course is the advanced-level component of the Trafficking-in-Persons Training Module for prosecutors. It focuses on the financial investigation of trafficking-in-persons cases, including the money laundering aspects associated with such offenses.
The course aims to strengthen prosecutors’ capacity to trace, investigate, and prosecute the financial dimensions of trafficking cases. It covers provisional remedies, including the freezing of accounts and assets of accused persons, as well as civil forfeiture of the proceeds of the crime. It also addresses mutual legal assistance with foreign jurisdictions for asset freezing and recovery, including the relevant procedural requirements.