HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 which the HRCSL can connect with the larger public; and to recommend to SLBFE that if the Family Background Report is necessary for overseas employment, then it should be mandatory for both men and women migrant workers which would not be used as a restriction to travel for work but would be used to facilitate the social system to assist family needs. 4.2. National Studies conducted In accordance with the power vested in the HRCSL to visit any place of detention to monitor the conditions of detention and make recommendations for the improvement of such conditions (Section 28(2) of the Act) the Commission commenced the first national study of prisons in Sri Lanka in February 2018. The Study intends to evaluate the treatment and conditions of prisoners and make recommendations in order to promote compliance with international human rights standards, primarily the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules). The team of researchers visited 20 prisons in Sri Lanka to collect information and data for the report. This Study is conducted with the financial assistance provided by the UNDP. 4.3. Monitoring the non-implementation of recommendations In keeping with one of the identified Goals in the Strategic Plan of the Commission to “Provide prompt and effective remedies by strengthening the inquiry, investigation and monitoring mechanism of the HRC”, the non-implementation unit, which was established to monitor the implementation of the Recommendations issued by the Commission, has been successfully active in 2018. The Unit intervened through written communications in approximately 350 cases inquired into by the Commission in order to compel the parties to comply with 65