Daily Tribune
The Department of Justice-led Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking is pushing for stronger cooperation among member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the fight against human trafficking.
This, as the DoJ plays host to the 8th Manila International Dialogue on human trafficking as it stressed that this year's dialogue is "a platform for open, interactive and continuing conversations on trafficking in persons participated in by various local and international organizations, government agencies, and foreign missions in the Philippines."
"It has been key to the Philippines' strong cooperation with other countries on counter-trafficking policy and practice," said the IACAT.
"The conversation and documents produced by The Dialogues have informed both local and foreign anti-trafficking investments, facilitated policy and practice harmonization, eased sharing of information, and enabled engaged countries to cooperate and effectively work together on trafficking in persons cases that cross each other's borders," it added.
There are provisions that already exist in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Convention on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children and its accompanying mechanisms including the ASEAN Plan of Action, the ASEAN Heads of Specialist Anti-trafficking Units Process and the planned ASEAN National Representative Mechanism.
