Chapter 05 Activities of HRCSL Regional Offices 5.0 Introduction For the purpose of carrying out functions of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, 10 regional offices have been established, in addition to the Head office. Each regional office has a building as office premises obtained on rent using funds provided by the Government, a vehicle assigned to the regional office, a regional coordinator to coordinate regional activities & a separate staff. The employees of these regional offices are permanent employees of the Commission and for regional offices where foreign funded projects are implemented, there are project officers. Out of the 10 regional offices, 6 are situated within the North-East area, i.e. Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Vavuniya, Kalmunai & Ampara and four other in the North-Central, Central, Uva and the Southern Provinces i.e in Anuradhapura, Kandy, Badulla & Matara. Regional Coordinators officers attend programmes organized by the Head office of the Human Rights Commission and at the end of a programme, meetings of Regional Coordinators are held with the participation of the Members of the Commission and the Senior Staff. In addition, in year 2013, the Jaffna Regional Office conducted a mobile office at Kilinochchi and the Kandy Regional Office conducted a mobile office in Nuwara Eliya, once a week. In addition, a mobile office in Puttalam was conducted by an Investigation Officer of the Head office, every Thursday. Activities of the regional offices, in 2013 have been discussed under the topics of protection of human rights, handling of complaints, inspection mechanism and working with civil society organizations. 51