Annex 2B –
Compilation of the Complaints Received according to the Type of Complaints and
Complaint Category and their percentages of the grand total- 2015
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
Type of Complaint
Complaint Category
Regional Offices
Total
Head Office
Grand Total
No
%
No
%
6.58
413
4.72
No
%
Torture
102
2.53
311
Threats
128
3.18
-
-
128
1.46
Mental Harassment
42
1.04
-
-
42
0.48
Sexual Harassment
-
-
04
0.08
04
0.04
Harassment
216
5.37
375
7.93
591
6.75
Arrest/Detention
241
5.99
247
5.22
488
5.57
Detention conditions
-
-
08
0.16
08
0.09
03
0.07
04
0.08
07
0.08
Missing Persons
45
1.11
13
0.27
58
0.66
Abduction
02
0.04
02
0.04
04
0.04
Shooting
-
-
01
0.02
01
0.01
Inaction Complaints
Inaction Complaints
740
18.39
644
13.62
1384
15.82
Employment
Employment
867
21.55
1084
22.94
1951
22.30
Education
Education
259
6.43
272
5.75
531
6.07
Health
Health
25
0.62
06
0.12
31
0.35
Land & Property
Rights
Land & Property
606
15.06
266
5.63
831
9.50
Social Service &State
Welfare
State Welfare
182
4.52
30
0.63
212
2.42
Infrastructure utilities
Infrastructure utilities
87
2.16
79
1.67
166
1.89
Environment
Environment
46
1.14
19
0.40
65
0.74
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression
01
0.02
03
0.06
04
0.04
Complaints related to
Elections
Child Rights
Complaints related to Elections
09
0.22
25
0.52
34
0.38
Child rights
16
0.39
12
0.25
28
0.32
Women’s Rights
Women’s Rights
01
0.02
-
-
01
0.01
Rights of persons with
disability
Elders’ Rights
Rights of persons with disability
-
-
02
0.04
02
0.02
Elders’ Rights
-
-
02
0.04
02
0.02
LanguageRights
LanguageRights
-
-
03
0.06
03
0.03
Right to Religion
Rights to Religion
01
0.02
04
0.08
05
0.05
Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Rights
30
0.74
18
0.38
48
0.54
Personal liberty
Death in custody
69