HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2019 Trincomalee, Anuradhapura, Ampara, Jaffna, Kalmunai, Matara, Vavuniya, Puttalam etc. The main focus of the programmes was to improve harmony, along with cooperation, to identify current issues that hinder the peace process and to establish a dialogue among the majority as well as the minority community. The Commission also made use of mass media platforms to draw attention of the general public to the necessity of respecting equal citizenship and engaging in peaceful and amicable courses of action to settle disputes. 2.1.3. Institutional Development ▪ Directions for the absorption of existing staff Pursuant to the HRCSL obtaining final approval for the Scheme of Recruitment (SoR) for all its cadre positions from Department of Management Services in May 2018, the Commission awaited authorization of the absorption of existing staff under the scheme. These directions were received in 2019 enabling the Commission to absorb its entire existing staff to cadre positions approved by the SoR. As a result, the Commission planned on commencing new recruitments in 2020 which will go a long way to improve human resources an the efficiency of the Commission. ▪ Further Improvement of the monitoring of the nonimplementation of recommendations Continuing the success achieved through the reorganization of the I&I division in the previous years, the division introduced a cluster approach to monitoring the non-implementation of recommendations in 2019. This approach enabled the Commission to follow-up on a large volume of recommendations pertaining to personal liberty and security in which the police were respondents, education rights, and pension benefits which state institutions have not complied with. (Please see Chapter 4.3 30