HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA - Annual report 2020
List of suo motu inquiries undertaken (The interventions of the Commission exercising its own initiative under
Section 14 of the Act):
Date
Case Number
Subject matter
Respondent
HRCSL Head office
1
17/2/2020
HRC/SUO/MOTU/01/2020
2
4/3/2020
HRC/SUO/Motu/02/20
3
4/3/2020
HRC/Suo/Motu/03/20
4
6/3/2020
HRC/SUO/MOTU/04/20
5
14/5/2020
HRC/SUO/MOTU/05/20
HRC/TEM/SUO/MOTU/01/20
Torture
6
14/5/2020
HRC/SUO/MOTU/06/20
HRC/TEM/SUO/MOTU/16/20
Environmental impact of
the beach nourishment
programme
Discrimination based on
ethnicity
re-instatement of service
Arbitrary arrest and
assault
Torture
103
Nalanda Vidyalaya, Colombo 05
National Housing Development
Authority
Sri Lanka Police
Siri Sivali Primary School and
Panadura South Police
Grandpass Police
Coast Conservation and Coastal
Resource Management Department,
Divisional Secretariat of Ratmalana,
Geological Survey and Mines Bureau,
Central Environmental Authority,
Municipal Council of Dehiwala and
Mount Lavinia, Urban Development
Authority, and the National Aquatic
Resources Research and
Development Agency