A/HRC/13/31 418. There is also concern that one petition was dismissed on the ground that the subjects purportedly chose to remain in the custody of the military. However, if there is no arrest warrant, the Court cannot order that a victim remain in the custody of the Armed Forces. 419. It is alleged that this spate of decisions will only encourage the ongoing impunity. 420. The Working Group regrets that no reply was received from the Government. Request for a visit 421. On 24 May 2006, the Working Group requested to undertake a mission to the Philippines. A reminder was sent on 3 April 2008. No response has been received from the Government. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 422. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 780 cases to the Government; of those, 35 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 126 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 619 remain outstanding. Observations 423. The Working Group reminds the Government of its obligations under the Declaration, to prevent ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal against those involved in the investigation (art. 13.3), to take steps “to ensure that any ill treatment, intimidation, reprisal or any other form of interference on the occasion of the lodging of a complaint or during the investigation procedure is appropriately punished” (art. 13.5) and that “investigations should be conducted for as long as the fate of the victim of enforced disappearance remains unclarified” (art. 13.6). 424. 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. Poland Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 0 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 90 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 0 Multiple replies on some cases N/A Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) 0 GE.09-17704