HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2019 CHAPTER 3: INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES 3.1 Overview 3.1.1.Introduction of new working methods 3.1.2.Statistics of complaints received 3.1.3.Statistics of cases concluded in 2019 3.1.4.Recommendations 3.1.5.The Backlog project 3.2 Examples of individual complaints by category of rights 3.2.1.Custodial violence (Article 11 of the Constitution) 3.2.2.Equality and non-discrimination (Article 12 of the Constitution) 3.2.3.Arbitrary arrest and detention (Article 13 of the Constitution) 3.2.4.Multiple rights violations 3.3 Suo Motu inquiries 3.4 Interventions by the Chairperson’s Office INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES 3.1. Overview The Commission receives complaints from the public, while at the same time the Commission is empowered under section 14 of its parent statute to, on its own motion, inquire into issues which reveal violations of fundamental rights. 44