Juan Dela Cruz
- Location/Region
- BARMM
- Last known location of Victim
- 7° 11′ 40″ N, 124° 15′ 16″ E
- Case Details
- A community organizer reportedly taken by unidentified men.
- Date of Report
- 2025-01-04
- Victim sector
- Development Worker
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Maria Elena "Lenny" Reyes
- Location/Region
- National Capital Region
- Last known location of Victim
- 14° 35′ 58″ N, 120° 59′ 3″ E
- Case Details
- A student activist and member of a progressive youth organization. She was last seen being forcibly boarded into an unmarked van by four unidentified men in civilian clothes near her university campus in Manila. Witnesses reported the men were armed and highly coordinated.
- Date of Report
- March 22, 2025
- Victim sector
- Student
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Pedro Alvarado
- Location/Region
- National Capital Region
- Last known location of Victim
- 14° 38′ 41″ N, 120° 58′ 10″ E
- Case Details
- A fisherfolk leader missing after attending a consultation.
- Date of Report
- 2025-08-07
- Victim sector
- Land rights activist
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Sarah Mae Ocampo
- Location/Region
- Region I - Ilocos
- Last known location of Victim
- 16° 37′ 60″ N, 120° 20′ 60″ E
- Case Details
- A community health worker who was vocal about issues concerning access to healthcare in remote areas and critical of local governance. She was last seen on her way to a consultation meeting in a neighboring town in La Union. Her motorcycle was later recovered near a remote checkpoint manned by uniformed personnel, who denied having seen her.
- Date of Report
- January 14, 2025
- Victim sector
- Development Worker
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Nestor Cruz
- Location/Region
- Region I - Ilocos
- Last known location of Victim
- 16° 39′ 7″ N, 120° 21′ 31″ E
- Case Details
- A teacher activist was taken from her classroom by armed men.
- Date of Report
- 2025-09-03
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Maria Santos
- Location/Region
- Region II - Cagayan Valley
- Last known location of Victim
- 17° 39′ 39″ N, 121° 46′ 15″ E
- Case Details
- A student activist disappeared after a local rally.
- Date of Report
- 2025-01-06
- Victim sector
- Student
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Ana Villanueva
- Location/Region
- Region III - Central Luzon
- Last known location of Victim
- 15° 27′ 20″ N, 120° 41′ 45″ E
- Case Details
- A barangay health worker failed to return home after duty.
- Date of Report
- 2025-12-02
- Victim sector
- Development Worker
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Daniel Torres
- Location/Region
- Region IV-A - CALABARZON
- Last known location of Victim
- 14° 0′ 37″ N, 120° 59′ 53″ E
- Case Details
- Daniel Torres is an active human rights defender working with an indegenous people community. The community reported last seeing him on September 3, 2025. Community members have observed unfamiliar faces roaming around the place he is staying 3 days before he was last seen.
- Date of Report
- September 3, 2025
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Jose Ramirez
- Location/Region
- Region IV-A - CALABARZON
- Last known location of Victim
- 14° 10′ 53″ N, 121° 7′ 56″ E
- Case Details
- A labor leader last seen near a checkpoint.
- Date of Report
- 2025-03-12
- Victim sector
- Domestic Worker
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Nina Ramos
- Location/Region
- Region IV-A - CALABARZON
- Last known location of Victim
- 14° 15′ 29″ N, 121° 9′ 28″ E
- Case Details
- An environmental defender went missing during a protest.
- Date of Report
- 2025-11-12
- Victim sector
- Women
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Liza Manalo
- Location/Region
- Region IV-B - MIMAROPA
- Last known location of Victim
- 13° 25′ 3″ N, 121° 13′ 37″ E
- Case Details
- A human rights worker abducted while conducting field research.
- Date of Report
- 2025-06-27
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Victor Santos
- Location/Region
- Region IV-B - MIMAROPA
- Last known location of Victim
- 13° 22′ 58″ N, 120° 8′ 51″ E
- Case Details
- A trade union member was last seen outside a factory compound.
- Date of Report
- 2025-02-20
- Victim sector
- Domestic Worker
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Manuel Ortega
- Location/Region
- Region IV-B - MIMAROPA
- Last known location of Victim
- 13° 26′ 40″ N, 121° 13′ 42″ E
- Case Details
- A civic group member abducted at night by masked men.
- Date of Report
- 2025-12-14
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Carlos Dizon
- Location/Region
- Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula
- Last known location of Victim
- 6° 58′ 7″ N, 122° 2′ 2″ E
- Case Details
- A journalist last seen leaving a press briefing.
- Date of Report
- 2025-05-21
- Victim sector
- Journalist
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Diana Castillo
- Location/Region
- Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula
- Last known location of Victim
- 6° 56′ 43″ N, 122° 5′ 54″ E
- Case Details
- A human rights lawyer has been missing since a court hearing.
- Date of Report
- 2025-01-08
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Arturo Perez
- Location/Region
- Region V - Bicol
- Last known location of Victim
- 13° 20′ 2″ N, 123° 45′ 35″ E
- Case Details
- An artist-activist last seen in a local demonstration.
- Date of Report
- 2025-01-24
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Belen Garcia
- Location/Region
- Region V - Bicol
- Last known location of Victim
- 13° 20′ 56″ N, 123° 42′ 13″ E
- Case Details
- A health volunteer abducted near a conflict area.
- Date of Report
- 2025-10-11
- Victim sector
- Development Worker
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Jose "Jojo" Dela Cruz
- Location/Region
- Region VI - Western Visayas
- Last known location of Victim
- 10° 43′ 12″ N, 122° 33′ 36″ E
- Case Details
- A local peasant leader who had been organizing farmers against the conversion of agricultural land. He received death threats prior to his disappearance. He was reportedly seized by individuals believed to be associated with paramilitary forces from his home village in the early morning of August 3, 2025.
- Date of Report
- August 3, 2025
- Victim sector
- Land rights activist
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Emilia Reyes
- Location/Region
- Region VI - Western Visayas
- Last known location of Victim
- 10° 44′ 13″ N, 122° 31′ 55″ E
- Case Details
- A youth leader disappeared while distributing flyers.
- Date of Report
- 2025-07-08
- Victim sector
- Student
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Oscar Lopez
- Location/Region
- Region VII - Central Visayas
- Last known location of Victim
- 10° 21′ 37″ N, 121° 55′ 55″ E
- Case Details
- A women’s rights advocate last seen boarding a vehicle with no plates.
- Date of Report
- 2025-01-13
- Victim sector
- Women
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Rosa Mendoza
- Location/Region
- Region VIII - Eastern Visayas
- Last known location of Victim
- 11° 12′ 24″ N, 124° 57′ 6″ E
- Case Details
- An indigenous leader disappeared after a land rights meeting.
- Date of Report
- 2025-07-15
- Victim sector
- Indigenous peoples
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Ernesto Flores
- Location/Region
- Region VIII - Eastern Visayas
- Last known location of Victim
- 11° 12′ 45″ N, 125° 0′ 11″ E
- Case Details
- A transport group leader taken by unidentified assailants.
- Date of Report
- 2025-05-22
- Victim sector
- Worker in the informal economy
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Atty. Ricardo "Carding" Lopez
- Location/Region
- Region XI - Davao Region
- Last known location of Victim
- 7° 4′ 5″ N, 125° 36′ 25″ E
- Case Details
- A human rights lawyer known for handling politically sensitive cases, particularly those involving indigenous people's land rights and alleged extrajudicial killings. He disappeared after leaving his law office late on evening of January 21, 2025
- Date of Report
- January 22, 2025
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
Teresa Aguilar
- Location/Region
- Region XIII - Caraga
- Last known location of Victim
- 8° 56′ 21″ N, 125° 29′ 59″ E
- Case Details
- A church volunteer disappeared after visiting a detainee.
- Date of Report
- 2025-06-04
- Victim sector
- Human rights defenders
Enforced Disappearance Cases
RA 9208 Anti Trafficking-women and children
- Scope of law
- National
- Location/Region
- Item does not have this property
Treaties & Laws
RA 9231 Child Labor
- Scope of law
- National
- Location/Region
- Item does not have this property
Treaties & Laws
General Comment No. 24 (201x), replacing General Comment No. 10 (2007)
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General Recommendations
RA 11036 Mental Health Act
- Scope of law
- National
- Location/Region
- Item does not have this property
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RA 11148 First 1000 days
- Scope of law
- National
- Location/Region
- Item does not have this property
Treaties & Laws
RA 11188 An Act Providing for the Special Protection of Children in Situations of Armed Conflict (CSAC) and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof
- Scope of law
- National
- Location/Region
- Item does not have this property
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