HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018
issued subject to the approval of the Commissioners. The Unit was able
to successfully conclude 148 inquiries during 2018 while 443 cases are
nearing conclusion.
Total Number of cases
Cases pending
Cases in the final stages of
conclusion
Cases concluded
1682
1091
443
148
Statistics of the backlog unit 2018
3.1.6.
Public Consultations of the Commission:
The Commission held a total of 10713 public consultations during 2018
out of which 2864 were held by the Head Office while the remaining
7849 were held by Regional Offices. During public consultations the
officers of both the Head office and the regional offices assist
complainants in identifying if their grievances fall within fundamental
rights violations, and in the event those do not, referring the aggrieved
persons to appropriate institutions for redress.
Regional Office
Number of public
consultations
Ampara
Anuradhapura
Badulla
Batticaloa
Jaffna
Kalmunai
Kandy
Matara
Trincomalee
Vavuniya
481
974
505
558
1281
432
1062
1056
489
1118
Number of public consultations conducted by the HRCSL regional offices
47