A/HRC/16/48 Philippines Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 1 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 619 0 0 0 1 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 620 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 0 N/A Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit Yes Government response None Standard procedures 392. The Working Group transmitted one newly reported case to the Government. The case concerned Mr. Nasrodin Guiamalon, who was allegedly arrested at his home, located in Mindanao, by members of the 40th Infantry Battalion of the Philippines Army on 18 March 2009. Request for a visit 393. On 24 May 2006, the Working Group requested an invitation to undertake a mission to the country. A reminder letter was sent on 16 August 2010. No response has yet been received from the Government. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 394. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 781 cases to the Government; of those, 35 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 126 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 620 remain outstanding. Observations 395. The Working Group regrets that no response has been received from the Government to its general allegation sent on 19 December 2008, concerning the dismissal, by the Court of Appeals, of amparo petitions on the grounds of the supposed failure of the petitioners to prove that their rights to life, liberty or security were violated or under threat (A/HRC/13/31, paras. 416-9). 396. The Working Group calls upon the Government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. 89