MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Sept.
12, 2012) – The Philippines on Tuesday
hosted the 1st National Consultation Meeting of ASEAN Intergovernmental
Commission on Human Rights on Trafficking in Persons.
Ambassador Rosario Manalo,
AICHR-Philippine Representative, convened the meeting together with Professor
Aurora Javate De Dios, Philippine Representative to the ASEAN Commission for
the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), as
chairperson.
De Dios gave a presentation on
the Concept Paper on Trafficking in Persons from a Human Rights Perspective.
Undersecretary Mary Grace Tirona of the Commission on Filipino Overseas, Jane
Arceo, Executive Officer of Inter Agency Council Against Trafficking, and Jean
Enriquez, Executive Director of Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia
Pacific also shared their expertise in trafficking, according to the statement
sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
Police Director Alfredo Caballes,
of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime, gave a briefing of the draft
ASEAN Convention on Trafficking in Persons and its status in the Senior
Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime.
The national consultation was
organized to prepare the Philippine position and concept paper on Trafficking
in Persons from a Human Rights Perspective for approval by the AICHR
representatives of ten ASEAN Member States.
The Philippines is hosting an
AICHR regional workshop in May next year.
Representatives from government
agencies of IACAT, civil society organization and observers from the EU
Delegation and Canadian Embassy in Manila participated in the meeting. The
participants came up with their proposal on the Rights Based Approach in
addressing Trafficking in Persons.
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