HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2019 An interview with the chairperson on ethnic and religious disturbances arisen in the country in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks was published in the Resa Newspaper on 28 May 2019. Further, Samabima and Anidda newspapers acknowledged the manner in which the Commission had acted following the Easter Sunday Attack on 03 June 2019. The Sri Lanka Police’s acceptance of the HRCSL recommendations to prevent illegal arrests was given publicity in several publications such as in the Samabima newspaper on 08 July 2019; the Lankadeepa newspaper on 30 August 2019; the Colombo Telegraph on 29 August 2019; and in The Island on 03 September 2019. 5.4.2 Use of online platforms All policy recommendations, interventions, and advocacy statements as well as the directives of the Commission are uploaded on the Commission’s website and made publicly accessible. In appropriate cases, this information is also shared electronically with Civil Society Organizations, Members of the thematic sub-committees of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, Diplomatic Missions in Sri Lanka, International Human Rights Organizations, and Asia Pacific Regional National Human Rights Institutions. The Commission also uses the Asia Pacific Forum’s (APF) bulletin to disseminate its work to a wider audience in the region and globally. 5.4. Engagement with civil society The Commission, especially via the Regional Offices, engages closely with civil society. It views civil society as a great resource, which enriches the work of the Commission, while the Commission in turn contributes to the work of civil society on human rights. 86