HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2019 and the latter rose from 701 in 2018 to 1007 in 2019(an increase of 44%). Complaints against violations of education related rights such as admissions to schools too have increased in numbers (from 455 in 2018 to 513 in 2019). However, as in the previous year, in a positive turn of events, all 10 cases reported of missing persons were concluded to be not within the mandate of the HRCSL as either the alleged victims were found, had voluntarily disappeared, or there was no involvement of any state authority. The one reported incident of an enforced disappearance was also later found to be a voluntary disappearance. However, the continued receipt of high numbers of complaints regarding torture in custody (at 400) and arbitrary arrest and detention (at 775) continue to concern the Commission. Sensitizing law enforcement and detention authorities on the law relating to the prohibition of torture and unlawful arrest and detention and the strict enforcement of the law against errant officers including prosecuting wrongdoers are essential in order to eliminate the recurrence of these violations. 15