APPENDIX A

List of Abbreviations

AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ARIAT Asian Regional Initiative against Trafficking in Persons- Particularly Women
and Children
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BI Bureau of Immigration
CA Court of Appeals
CFO Commission for Filipinos Overseas
CWC Council for the Welfare of Children
DFA Department of Foreign Affairs
DILG Department of Interior and Local Government
DOJ Department of Justice
DOLE Department of Labor and Employment
DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IACAT Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking
IAEC Inter-Agency Executive Committee
NBI National Bureau of Investigation
NGO Non Governmental Organization
NYC National Youth Commission

OFW Overseas Filipino Worker

PCTC Philippine Center for Transnational Crime
PCW Philippine Commission on Women
PNP Philippine National Police
POEA Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
RA Republic Act
RTC Regional Trial Court
SC Supreme Court
TIP Trafficking in Persons
TVPA Trafficking Victims Protection Act
UN United Nations
UNICRI UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
UNODC UN Office on Drugs and Crime