CHAPTER 03 MONITORING OF HUMAN RIGHTS 3.1 National Language Policy According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka Sinhala and Tamil languages are official languages of the country. Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka took steps to monitor the implementation of the National Language Policy under the provisions of Constitution of Sri Lanka. This intervention is in connection with the LLR C Recommendations. HRCSL received 166 complaints related to violation of language rights which were filed by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA). The Commission reviewed the cases and took steps to closely monitor the progress of implementation of the National Language Policy by said Respondent institutions. Categorization of the said cases are in table 01 and 02. Table No 01. According to the Respondent Authority: Intuitions/ Respondents No of complaints Consumer Affairs Authority 67 Ministries 26 Departments/Boards/Corporations 25 Police 08 Local Government Authorities 09 District/Divisional Secretariats 05 Banks 11 Ministry of Education and education related intuitions 13 Non-Government 02 Total 166 Source: Language Rights Case files, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka 2014 23