Consideration of reports submitted by States parties
under article 73 of the Convention pursuant to
the simplified reporting procedure
Second periodic reports of States parties due in 2011
The Philippines* (Date received 13 March 2014)
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers & Members of Their Families
CMW/C/PHL/2
27 March 2014
List of acronyms
ACMW
ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers
AEP
Alien Employment Permit
AIR-TIP
Anti-Illegal Recruitment/Trafficking in
Persons Seminars
ARG
ARMM Regional Government
ARMM
Autonomous Region of Muslim
Mindanao
ATN
Assistance-to-Nationals
BI
Bureau of Immigration
BSP
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (the Central
Bank of the Philippines)
CAIRTIM
Campaign Against Illegal Recruitment,
Trafficking in Persons and Irregular
Migration
DFA-OUMWA Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of
the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers
Affairs
DILG
Department of the Interior and Local
Government
DOJ
Department of Justice
DOLE
Department of Labor and Employment
DSWD
Department of Social Welfare and
Development
FLOIS
Foreign Labor Operations Information
System
FSI
Foreign Service Institute
GAD
Gender and Development
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GFMD
Global Forum on Migration and
Development
HSWs
Household Service Workers
IACAT
Inter-Agency Council Against
Trafficking
IBP
Integrated Bar of the Philippines
ICACP
Inter-Agency Council Against Child
Pornography
ILAB
International Labor Affairs Bureau
ILO
International Labour Organization
ILS
International Labor Institute
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IR-Free LGUs
Illegal Recruitment-Free Local
Government Units
ISWSFN
International Social Welfare Services for
Filipino National
CFO
Commission on Filipinos Overseas
CHR
Commission on Human Rights
CLKSS
Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System
CLOAV
Certified List of Overseas Absentee
Voters
CMA
Center for Migrant Advocacy
CNSP
Children in Need of Special Protection
COA
Commission on Audit
COMELEC
Commission on Elections
CSC
Civil Service Commission
CSOs
Civil Society Organizations
CSPC
Committee for the Special Protection of
Children
DA
Department of Agriculture
DBM
Department of Budget Management
DFA-OAVS
Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat
LAC
Labor Assistance Counter
DFA-OCA
Office of Consular Affairs
LAD
POEA Legal Assistance Division
* The present document is being issued without formal editing.
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