Plaintiff: Tiran Allas
Respondent: Office of the Commissioner of Elections
The Plaintiff lodged a complaint with the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission stating that the
Commissioner of Elections had rejected to register the Democratic Party of which he was a
member, on two grounds.
The two grounds were the non-submission of audited accounts and the policy statement of the
Party.
It was revealed during the investigations before the Commission that one of the documents missing
which was considered as a ground for rejection, that is the non-submission of the policy statement
had already been submitted along with the Constitution of the Party.
Although the members who established the Party were unable to submit accounts of the earlier
year, they successfully proved that the Party which sought registration consisted of several
Members of Parliament and several other candidates contesting elections
Accordingly the Commission recommended to the Respondent Party to re-consider the application
for registering the Party.
4. Inquiring into the rights of detainees
HRC/2650/2013
Plaintiff: .M Thaneshwaran, AAL
Aggrieved party; Sundaralingam K.Dineshwaran
Respondent: Prison officers
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