HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2019 In accordance with the power vested in the HRCSL to visit any place of detention to monitor the conditions of detention and make recommendations for the improvement of such conditions (Section 28(2) of the Act) the Commission commenced the first national study of prisons in Sri Lanka in the previous reporting year i.e.2018. The Study continued in to 2019, during which the first draft of the Study was compiled and reviewed. The Study intends to evaluate the treatment and conditions of prisoners and make recommendations in order to promote compliance with international human rights standards, primarily the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules). The team of researchers visited 20 prisons in Sri Lanka to collect information and data for the report. This Study is conducted with the financial assistance provided by the UNDP. Review and editing of the report were ongoing at the end of the year. 4.3. Monitoring the non-implementation of recommendations In keeping with one of the identified Goals in the Strategic Plan of the Commission to “Provide prompt and effective remedies by strengthening the inquiry, investigation and monitoring mechanism of the HRC”, the non-implementation unit of the I&I Division, which was established to monitor the implementation of the Recommendations issued by the Commission, has been successfully active in 2019. This year, the Nonimplementation Unit compiled lists of institutions failing to implement HRCSL recommendations and clustered the recommendations that have not been implemented according to subject matter. Thereafter, cluster inquiries were held for all non-implemented recommendations relating to education rights and pension benefits. Relevant government institutions were summoned to provide explanations for the nonimplementation of recommendations. Recommendations not implemented by the Police too were followed-up as a cluster. The clustered approach was more efficient in yielding positive results than inquiring into the non-implementation of individual recommendations as 69