HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 No. of Human Rights resource assistance for lectures provided by the Head Office and Regional Offices of the HRCSL in 2018 Target Groups Prison Civil Public s Defen Office se rs force Head Office/ Regional Offices Armed forces Police Head Office Ampara Anuradhapu ra Badulla Batticaloa Jaffna Kandy Kalmunai Matara Trincomalee Vavuniya 8 1 13 6 4 4 - 2 3 - - 4 1 2 3 2 - 1 1 3 2 - 1 - 1 3 8 2 2 1 1 - 1 1 2 4 1 - 3 3 3 2 4 - Studen Gener ts/ al Youth public/ Group civil s societi es/reli gious leader s/other s 5.3. Reconciliation initiatives As it has direct relevance to the HRCSL’s statutory mandate, the Commission strives to contribute to reconciliation initiatives in Sri Lanka, which raise human rights related issues of concern. In 2018, the HRCSL contributed to several reconciliation initiatives including sharing lessons learned at HRC with the newly established Office of Missing Persons (OMP) at a briefing organized by the Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM) on 17 March and contributing to a workshop on archiving held at the the BMICH on 15 February. The Commission held meetings with the OMP during the year with a view to exploring ways of forging cooperation recognizing the 81