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CHR (VI) No. A2025-012 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY ON THE STRENGTHENING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10353, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE ANTI-ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE ACT OF 2012”

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The Human Rights Advisory on Republic Act No. 10353, or the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act of 2012, highlights the need to strengthen the law’s implementation despite its significance as the Philippines’ legal framework criminalizing enforced disappearance. It identifies persistent gaps in investigation and prosecution, inter-agency coordination, evidence gathering, victim-centered and gender-responsive mechanisms, reparations, psychosocial support, and access to justice. The Advisory emphasizes that enforced disappearance is a continuing human rights violation, requiring sustained government action to protect victims and their families, uphold their rights to truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-repetition, and recommends stronger institutional coordination, standardized protocols, continuous human rights training, victim support and reparation programs, and review of evidentiary requirements to ensure effective accountability.