AN ACT TO COMBAT THE CRIME OF INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING AND TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE YOUTH AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT STRENGTHENING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10364, ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT STRENGTHENING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10364, ENTITLED AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

A RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS, AND GENDER EQUALITY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE RECENT RESCUES OF SEXUAL TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AND PROBE INTO THE PROSTITUTION RINGS IN THE COUNTRY AND TO EXAMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PUSH WOMEN TO WORK UNDER EXPLOITATIVE CONDITIONS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CRAFTING LEGISLATION AND POLICIES THAT WILL ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE THAT DROVE THESE WOMEN INTO EMPLOYMENT THAT DOES NOT RESPECT AND FULLY UTILIZE THEIR POTENTIAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALARMING REPORTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ABUSE, RAPE, AND IMPRISONMENT INVOLVING OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING THE ALLEGATIONS OF MISTREATMENT OF THE SAID VICTIMS BY THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA AND ITS FAILURE TO IMMEDIATELY EFFECT THEIR REPATRIATION THEREBY CAUSING FURTHER DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP TO THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ISSUE OF TRAFFICKED FILIPINO WOMEN IN SYRIA AND THE GENDERED DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VARIOUS FORMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE PHILIPPINES OR OVERSEAS BUT VICTIMIZES FILIPINOS TO ENHANCE EXISTING LAWS AND POLICY MEASURES FOR THE DETECTION, INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT A FULL REVIEW OF THE EXPANDED ANTI-TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS ACT OF 2012 OR REPUBLIC ACT 10364, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTER-AGENCY COUNCIL AGAINST TRAFFICKING (IACAT), IN LIGHT OF THE MARY JANE VELOSO CASE AND OTHER SIMILAR CASES INVOLVING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ILLEGAL DRUGS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, REGARDING THE PREVALENCE OF ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSACTIONS AND/OR USE IN BARS AND OTHER PARTY PLACES RESULTING IN THE TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS AND INCREASED CRIMINAL INCIDENTS, AIMED AT REVIEWING EXISTING POLICIES IN INVESTIGATION, SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES FOR THE EFFECTIVE BUSTS OF CRIMINAL ELEMENTS WITHOUT CAUSING DISRUPTION AND UNDUE HARASSMENT IN SAID BARS OR PARTY PLACES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT MUST EXTEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE ROHINGYA REFUGEES INVOLUNTARILY DISPLACED BY THREATS TO LIFE AND SECURITY AND URGE STRENGTHENED COOPERATION IN THE ASEAN REGION TO ADDRESS THE RELATED ISSUES OF FORCED MIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING REMAINS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PERSISTENCE OF ILLEGAL TRADE OF FILIPINOS AMID EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CURB ILLEGAL HUMAN TRADE IN LIGHT OF THE TIER 2 CATEGORY RATING OF THE US STATE DEPARTMENT IN THE 2015 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES HAS BEEN ON THE WATCHLIST OF THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED PROBABILITY THAT SOME IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ESCALATING NUMBER OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ABROAD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND CREATE MEASURES TO CURB NEW SYNDICATE OPERATIVES THAT INVOLVE BABY SNATCHING AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO LOOK INTO THE REPORTED INCREASE IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALLEGEDLY VICTIMIZING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS AND DISPLACED OFWS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE ONGOING WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC SLUMP WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF ASSESSING OUR ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF WHICH WE ARE A PARTY THEREOF AS WELL FULL ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CONCERN OF THE SENATE THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING WORSENS IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INCREASING NUMBER OF TRAFFICKING OF YOUNG FILIPINO WOMEN IN SINGAPORE, AND THEIR BEING FORCED TO ACCEPT SEXUAL SERVITUDE WORK OR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT OF 2003, ALSO KNOWN AS REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208, DUE TO THE ESCALATING PREVALENCE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS FROM THE PHILIPPINES