CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1 8.10 Pre-departure orientation and registration processes are required for travellers, migrants and officers assigned abroad. Guidance and counselling is mandatory for departing spouses or marriage migrants to check for possible violations or irregularities that could lead to trafficking. 8.11 Government-run reporting system for real-time reporting of suspected human trafficking activities are in place. Updates on the efforts undertaken to ensure bilateral, regional and international cooperation to prevent trafficking 8.12 ASEAN Ministers signed the ASEAN Convention on Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP), Especially Women and Children and the ASEAN Plan of Action (APA) against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children during the 20th ASEAN in November, 2015, reaffirming the commitment to a stronger and more effective regional and international cooperation against TIP. 8.13 The ASEAN-UN Comprehensive Plan of Action 2016-2020 pursues the objectives of the ASEAN-UN Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership. It contains commitment to support the implementation of several ASEAN instruments on trafficking. 8.14 The 2015 Manila Declaration to Enhance International Cooperation in Combating Human Trafficking calls for the urgent need for a comprehensive approach to stop trafficking, and underscores the strengthened cooperation and joint responsibility of each stakeholder to prevent, detect and prosecute human trafficking as well as provide victim protection. 8.15 The Philippines has signed agreements with Australia and Netherlands to eliminate trafficking enhance cooperation and coordination in the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking, child sexual exploitation (including via internet) and child sex tourism. 8.16 Philippine operatives coordinate with their counterparts in other countries in the rescue of trafficked victims. In October 2015, 39 women were rescued in Malaysia and Sabah. This cooperation is covered by a bilateral agreement with Malaysia, and reinforced by dialogues on cross-border TIP investigations. 8.17 The State has 2 ongoing joint investigations with Netherlands and one each with USA, Netherlands, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Spain. Coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government led to the rescue o f 10 sex trafficking victims in Baghdad who were subsequently repatriated to the Philippines with International Organization for Migration (IOM). Counselling services and preventive measures are provided with assistance from networks in countries. 8.18 Internal coordination mechanisms are continuously strengthened among concerned government agencies and with LGUs. Also, continuing capacity building among enforcers and providers of assistance is conducted. Ratification of the Palermo Protocol by the State Party 8.19 The State Party ratified the Protocol on 28 May 2002. 12/33 16-06662