The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) is looking to establish a centralized database for trafficking in persons (TIP) cases, Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said.
The IACAT undersecretary-in-charge explained during the final dialogue of the United States-Philippines Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership held on Thursday, April 29, that this is part of the council’s plans to maintain the country’s Tier 1 ranking in the US Trafficking in Persons Report.
Villar said the Philippines is currently implementing the Third National Strategic Action Plan (Strat Plan) on TIP which she cited has “served as the main pillar of all government efforts on counter-trafficking and which ensured that the Tier 1 ranking achieved in 2016 was maintained for five consecutive years.”
With the Third Strat Plan set to end in 2022, Villar said the IACAT during the year will be “focusing on reviewing and evaluating the highly successful run of the 3rd Strat Plan.”
“The 4th strategic action plan will therefore highlight all the best practices implemented as well as the remaining challenges that needs to be addressed such as the challenge of creating a centralized database and standardized data collection for trafficking in persons cases,” she said.
“Likewise, the new stratplan will take into special consideration other forms of child labor trafficking as well as sexual exploitation that is not committed online and which may fall under RA 7610 (Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act) or other laws,” she added.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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