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Date: Jan. 13, 2023, 4:21 p.m.
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Date: 2023-01-27 13:39:18.000000
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Date: 2023-03-14 12:53:52.000000
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Published by Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) on Jan. 13, 2023.
Requested from DFA by C. Villegas at 04:21 PM on
Jan. 13, 2023.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 01/13/2023 - 01/13/2023
Tracking no: #DFA-285606717862
Good day! I was instructed to post this through eFOI. I would like to confirm if the Philippines has any reservations about the Apostille Convention or any country's accession to the Convention (e.g. similarly, as in the case of Germany to the Philippines). In case this exists, I would like to request a document or reference material pertaining to this. Thank you.
January 27, 2023 Dear Clarissa Joyce, Thank you for your request dated Jan 13, 2023 04:21:38 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Inquiry on Apostille Convention. We received your request on Jan 13, 2023 04:21:38 PM and will respond on or before Feb 03, 2023 04:21:38 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERGQS0yODU2MDY3MTc4NjIM, for request with ticket number #DFA-285606717862. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Receiving Officer FOI Officer
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, upon further evaluation of your request, please be advised that the “Inventory of Exemptions to Executive Order Number 2 S. 2016” Section 2 states: “Privileged information relating to national security, defense or international relations... information, record, or document that must be kept secret in the interest of national defense and security... Diplomatic negotiations and other information required to be kept secret in the conduct of foreign affairs...” The need to keep diplomatic communications inviolable is recognized in international law as well as in the Inventory of Exceptions to Executive Order No. 2, the order which operationalized the right to information. The information you are requesting is a document belonging to this category. DFA is, therefore, constrained by law from issuing copies of the subject documents to the public.