viii.
Matara Regional Office
The office has 156 complaints as at 1st January 2015. 646 complaints were received by the office
in 2015 and action was concluded on 621 complaints during the year. 181 complaints were
brought forward for 2016. In the Matara Regional Office, there was a high rate on matters
relating Persona liberty (22.91%). Employment rests at 23.06%, Education at 10.37% and
Property disputes at 15.94%. However we can see that matters such as social welfare (1.54%),
Child rights (0.30%) and Environmental (2.63%) lies as at a minimal rate.
ix.
Trincomalee Regional Office
The Trincomalee regional office received 152 complaints in 2015 and 71 pending cases were
brought forward for action from 2014 to 2015. Thus, the office handled a total of 223 cases
during the year 2015. 166 cases were closed after conclusions of the necessary investigations
and inquiries. There are 57 cases pending on 1 January 2016. In the Trincomalee Regional
Office, the highest number of complains relates to inaction by responsible officers (34.21%).
Followed by Employment at (22.36%), Personal liberty (14.47%) and property disputes (12.5%).
Whereas education was at 3.28% and Social Welfare 1.97%.
x.
Vavuniya Regional Office
During the year 2015 the Vavuniya regional office received 284 complaints on Fundamental
Rights violations. The highest number of complaints related to violations of personal liberty
which lies at 39.43%, while property disputes at 19.36%, Employment matters rests at 13.73%
and Complains on inactions at 13.02%. However we can see that a minimal number of
complaints were logged on matters such as Environment (1.05%) and Social welfare (3.87%).
(Please refer to Annexes 2A & 2B at the end of this report for the tables that contain details of
the complaints received by the Head Office and the Regional Offices of the Human Rights
Commission of Sri Lanka in year 2015 and the classification of such complaints.)
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