[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 20-2018, January 31, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 20-2018, January 31, 2018 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 20-2018, January 31, 2018 ]

TO: ALL JUDGES AND BRANCH CLERKS OF COURTS OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS

SUBJECT : FURNISHING THE INTER-AGENCY COUNCIL AGAINST TRAFFICKING (IACAT) WITH COPY OF DECISIONS IN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES

Pursuant to Section 16, R.A. No. 10364, otherwise known as the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012, which mandates the creation of an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Database and requires "all government agencies tasked under the law to undertake programs and render assistance to address trafficking in persons [to] develop their respective monitoring and data collection systems, and databases, for purposes of ensuring efficient collection and storage of data on cases of trafficking in persons handled by their respective offices, [and which] data shall be submitted to the [IACAT] for integration in a central database system," all judges and branch clerks of court are DIRECTED to furnish the IACAT with copies of decisions in all cases involving violation of R.A. No. 9208, otherwise known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, as amended by R.A. No. 10364.

Copies of the decisions should be sent to the IACAT office, either by regular or electronic mail at the following address:

IACAT Secretariat Department of Justice Padre Faura Street Ermita, Manila 1000

OR

TIPConvictionsIACAT@gmail.com

For strict compliance.

31 January 2018

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator