HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 such complaints. The division also visited places of detention for purposes of investigation, in addition to the monitoring visits of the Commission. ▪ Action taken in Response to Communal Riots in the Kandy District The Commission was actively involved in monitoring the human rights situation relating to the anti-Muslim riots in Theldeniya and Digana in the Kandy District in March 2018. The Kandy Regional Office of the Commission, on the instructions of the Commission, played an active role in monitoring the situation and making representations to relevant authorities to provide protection to those harmed and rendered vulnerable by the violence. Subsequently, the Commission held town hall meetings bringing in representatives of all religious communities and relevant government officials in the Theldeniya/Digana area with a view to providing a forum for inter-community dialogue and reconciliation. The Commission also conducted a 4 day inquiry from 9-12 May 2018 into the violence. Victims of the violence, civil society and community leaders including religious leaders and officials from the Police, Special Task Force (STF) and the Sri Lanka Army, Administrative Officers within the Kandy District headed by the District Secretary testified at the inquiry. The Commission is in the process of finalizing a comprehensive report on the findings of this inquiry, which contain recommendations to ensure such violence does not recur. ▪ Disability Rights in the Education Sector The Commission also issued a ground breaking recommendation pertaining to equal access to higher education to students with disabilities. The Commission entertained a complaint from a female student with disabilities who had gained admission to the Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo. The complaint was on the failure of the Institute to provide necessary facilities for her to engage in educational activities as a person with disabilities and also against the 27