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Rules, regulations on 2 anti-human trafficking laws approved -- IACAT

Published Jun 30, 2023 06:22 am
The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of two laws against human trafficking have been approved, the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) said. “The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for both RA No. 11862 and RA No. 11930 were drafted and approved this 2023 under the administration of Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla as chairperson of IACAT, and Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty as undersecretary-in-charge of IACAT,” the council said in a statement. It warned that with the passage of the laws and their IRRs, “those who will attempt to commit human trafficking will not go unpunished.” RA 11862, also known as the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2022, was as approved and signed by then President Rodrigo R. Duterte.  It is the latest amendment to RA 9208, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. RA 11930, the Anti-Online and Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) and Anti-Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Materials (CSAEM) Act, lapsed into law on July 30, 2022. IACAT said RA 11930 “provides special protections to children from all forms of sexual violence, abuse, and exploitation especially those committed with the use of information and communications technology (ICT).” It said the IRRs of the two laws “were approved after several Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings with all IACAT member agencies and consultations with different stakeholders.” Aside from the secretary of justice, the other members of IACAT are the secretary of the Department of Social Welfare & Development, as co-chairperson, secretary of Department of Education, secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs, secretary of the Department of Labor & Employment, secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Secretary of the Department of Transportation, secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology, secretary of the Department of Tourism, secretary of Department of Migrant Workers, secretary of the Department of Health, chairperson of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, commissioner of the National Authority for Child Care, Chief of the Philippine National Police, executive director of the Philippine Commission on Women, commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration, executive director of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime, director of the National Bureau of Investigation, executive director of the Council for the Welfare of Children, executive director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, Chairperson of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, president of the League of the Provinces of the Philippines, president of the League of the Cities of the Philippines, president of the League of the Municipalities of the Philippines, national director of the International Justice Mission, executive director of the Blas Ople Policy Center and Training Institute, and the executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking of Women-Asia and the Pacific.
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