HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 active discouragement of her continuing her education displayed by certain members of the academic staff which resulted in the student leaving the Institute having suffered acute depression. The recommendation found violations of Articles 11 and 12(1) of the Constitution and recommended compensation to the victim while emphasizing the obligation of the state to ensure equal access to education for all without discrimination. (Please see 3.2.4 for more information on this recommendation) ▪ Follow-up on recommendations of HRCSL not implemented by public authorities Another remarkable development in 2018 is the increasingly proactive role of the Non-implementation unit of the I&I division of the HRCSL established to monitor the compliance of public authorities comply with the recommendations issued by the Commission. Notably, as a result of this Unit following up on a recommendation issued against the Sri Lanka Army in case No. HRC/13/93/O9, despite an appeal by the respondents challenging the HRCSL recommendation in the Court of Appeal, the respondents established a fresh “Court of Preliminary Inquiry” and awarded compensation to the petitioner (Please see chapter 4.3. for more information on the work of the Non-implementation unit). ▪ Contributions to the monitoring mechanism on the implementation of the National Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights 2017 - 2021 (NHRAP) The HRCSL was invited as an observer for the meetings of the monitoring mechanism on the implementation of the NHRAP convened by the Prime Minister’s Office and also sectoral monitoring mechanisms convened by various line Ministries. Representatives of the Commission attended these meetings regularly and actively contributed to the discussions. During these meetings in 2018, the Commission took the initiative to propose a reporting format for Judicial Medical Officers 28