(5) Undertake research and promote awareness of human rights by conducting programmes, seminars, workshops and to disseminate and distribute the results of such research, (6) Award an aggrieved person or a person acting on behalf of an aggrieved person, such sum of money as is sufficient to meet the expenses that may have been reasonably incurred by him in making a complaint to the Commission under section 14 of the Act, (7) Do all such other things as are necessary or conducive to the discharge of its functions. The Commission is composed of five members chosen from among persons having knowledge of, or practical experience in, matters relating to human rights. Section 3 of the Act provides for the appointment of the members of the Commission by the President, on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. One of the Commission members is appointed as Chairman or Chairperson. With the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in May 2015 the appointment of Commissioners to HRCSL is now governed by the Constitution. Chapter VIIA of the 19thAmendment provides that the members of the independent Commissions of Sri Lanka, including the HRCSL, shall be appointed by the President of Sri Lanka on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council. During the year under review, the Commission which functioned in the previous year 2014 continued in office until 21st October 2015 with the exception of one Commissioner whose term of office ended on 12th February 2015. The present Commission comprising a Chairperson and four Commissioners was appointed on 21st October 2015. The 5th member of this Commission was appointed on 13th November 2015. The newly appointed Commission held a Press Conference on 16 th November 2015 at the Commission’s Head office in Colombo 08, Sri Lanka. The main purpose was to brief the media on the future work of the Commission. 11