The Supreme Court (SC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) will sign within the year an agreement for improved coordination in the handling of trafficking in persons (TIP) cases, Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said.
The undersecretary-in-charge of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) said during the final dialogue of the United States-Philippines Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership held on Thursday(April 29) that the council has been engaged with the SC four years now in addressing TIP.
“To spur further commitment among the key pillars of the criminal justice system in crafting and utilizing better tools and innovative interventions to human trafficking, the IACAT, in partnership with the Supreme Court Office of the Court Administrator (SC-OCA) has been conducting Focus Group Discussions (FGD) since 2017 to increase awareness among judges, court personnel, and prosecutors on the importance of victim-sensitive handling of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases,” she explained.
“In order to institutionalize this coordination mechanism, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is scheduled to be signed by the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court later this year,” the undersecretary announced.
Last year, Villar said the Justice Systems Coordination Mechanism (JSCM) project was launched and continued the conduct of FGDs online.
She noted that the FGDs were through the support of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia Counter Trafficking Program, and in coordination with the SC-OCA, SC Project Management Office and the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA).
There have been four FGDs held with another one scheduled this May.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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