Atty. Ma. Victoria V. Cardona is appointed as a Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines on June 5, 2008 . She has extensive litigation, research and training experience in the area of children’s rights. Among others, she is the former Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council and the Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation, both bodies which protect and promote the rights of persons in detention, with special focus on children in conflict with the law. She is also a part-time lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law.

Commissioner Cardona obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in 1998, and her Master of Laws in Human Rights from Queen Mary, University of London in 2002 as a British Chevening Scholar.