Department of Justice(DOJ)

12 March 2019 Dear Athena Baluyot, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 03, 2019 07:26:38 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for data on the number of human trafficking cases filed and resolved for the period 2012 to 2018. Response to your request The information you seek is already available online. Your request cannot therefore be counted as a valid FOI request. In any event, you may retrieve your requested information from this url: https://www.doj.gov.ph/open_data.html Attached herewith, for your reference, is the table providing for the DOJ Prosecution Statistics. We likewise hasten to add that although citizens are afforded the right to information and, pursuant thereto, are entitled to "access to official records," the Constitution does not accord them a right to compel custodians of official records to prepare lists, abstracts, summaries and the like in their desire to acquire information on matters of public concern. (Valmonte v. Belmonte, G.R. No. 74930 February 13, 1989) Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Hon. Menardo I. Guevarra, Secretary of the DOJ. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result thereof within thirty (30) calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Officer

12 March 2019 Dear Athena Baluyot, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Mar 03, 2019 07:26:38 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for data on the number of human trafficking cases filed and resolved for the period 2012 to 2016. Response to your request We were able to determine that the information you requested is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information from this url: https://www.doj.gov.ph/open_data.html Attached herewith, for your reference, is the table providing for the DOJ Prosecution Statistics. Although citizens are afforded the right to information and, pursuant thereto, are entitled to "access to official records," the Constitution does not accord them a right to compel custodians of official records to prepare lists, abstracts, summaries and the like in their desire to acquire information on matters of public concern. (Valmonte v. Belmonte, G.R. No. 74930 February 13, 1989) Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Hon. Menardo I. Guevarra, Secretary of the DOJ. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result thereof within thirty (30) calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Officer