The present Commission, appointed for a period of 3 years, commenced its functions on 30 th October 2015 and continued with the functions of the Commission for the remainder of the year under review. In terms of Section 22 of the Act, there is a Secretary appointed as well as other staff to carry out the functions set out in the Act. The Commission has four Divisions  Inquiry and Investigations Division  Monitoring and Review Division  Education and Special Programmes Division  Administration and Finance Division Each Division is headed by a Director. In order to perform its functions more effectively, the Commission has 10 Regional Offices in Ampara, Anuradapura, Badulla, Batticaloa, Jaffna, Kalmunai, Kandy, Matara, Trincomalee and Vavuniya with each Regional Office comprising of a Regional Coordinator and other staff to discharge the mandate of the Commission. In addition, some Regional Offices conducted sub offices in different locations. Sub Offices functioned in Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Puttalam, Nuwara Eliya and Polonnaruwa. (Please refer to Annex 1A at the end of this report for a map of Sri Lanka containing the location of the HRCSL Head Office & Regional Offices) In the year under review the Commission has had meetings with a wide array of institutions both local and overseas. Those include among others PAFFREL, USAID and the Election Commissioner. (Please refer to Annex 1B at the end of this report for a detailed illustration of the meetings attended by Commissioners and Senior Officers of HRCSL in 2015). The Commission also was assisted in its activities by a generous grant from UNDP (Please refer to Chapter Six of this report for a comprehensive account on the Commissions collaboration with the UNDP) 12