CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8/Add.1
timelines and measures to be implemented by the member agencies in 4 key result
areas: Advocacy and Prevention; Protection, Recovery and Reintegration;
Prosecution and Law Enforcement; and Partnership and Networking.
8.2 IACAT conducts bi-annual monitoring and evaluation workshop to assess the
gains and challenges in the implementation of the Plan, to review priorities and to
re-align activities if necessary.
8.3 The 11th Annual TIP Report of the US State Department removed the
Philippines from its watch-list. The 2014 Global Slavery Index ranked the
Philippines first in Asia, third in Asia-Pacific and twenty-ninth globally in terms of
the government’s efforts and programs, especially on the response of the criminal
justice system against human trafficking.
Data on the complaints, investigations and prosecutions, convictions, and sentences
for the crime of trafficking, and types of protection and compensation provided to
women victims
8.4 The Philippine National Police (PNP) handled 329 trafficking cases in 2015,
189 of which or 57% were referred for prosecution, 84 or 26% are still under
investigation and 44 or 13% with cases filed in court. Of the filed cases 1,325 or
88% of the 1,505 identified victims were females, while 304 or 23% of the female
victims were minors. ¼ of 1,325 females are girl-children.
Table 2
Trafficking Cases Handled by PNP, 2015
Status
Number of Cases
%
84
26
Under Investigation
Referred to Prosecution
189
57
Filed in Court
44
13
Victims who refused to execute affidavit
12
4
329
100
Total
Source: PNP-WCPC
8.5 Since the enactment of RA 9208 (Expanded Anti-TIP Act) in 2003, the IACAT
Secretariat has monitored 2,831 trafficking cases nationwide from prosecution to
conviction. Majority (87%) of the identified victims were women and female minors.
Table 3
Trafficking Cases Handled by DOJ, 2003-2015
Status
Number
%
Under Preliminary Investigation at DOJ
172
6.0
Dismissed on Preliminary Investigation at DOJ
267
9.4
Pending Petition for Review
On Trial
Dismissed in Court
10/33
3
0.1
1 052
37.0
425
15.0
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