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efforts. The campaign was launched on the new Facebook page and
Instagram account set up by the Commission using the hashtags
#recoverbetter #standup4humanrights.
2.1.3. Institutional Development
Launch of the new website
The HRCSL launched its new website on 25 February 2020. The new and
improved website, with an improved user-friendly interface, is intended to
enable enhanced sharing of information and to improve the visibility of the
interventions of the Commission. The high functionality of the website
allows visitors to interact with the Commission without difficulty and allows
complainants to submit complaints successfully.
Absorption of existing staff
Pursuant to the HRCSL obtaining final approval for the Scheme of
Recruitment (SoR) for all its cadre positions in May 2018 and authorization
for the absorption of existing staff under the scheme from Department of
Management Services (DMS) in 2019, the Commission absorbed the entirety
of its entire existing staff to cadre positions approved by the SoR during
2020. As a result, the Commission commenced new recruitments for
vacancies in 2020 in order to improve human resources and the efficiency of
the Commission. (See chapter 7.2 for more information on Employment and
Vacancies)
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 Commission wrote to the Minister of
Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government
proposing the amending of the Establishment Code to remove obstacles
faced in implementing the recommendations of the Commission. The
Commission stated that it is mandated under its constituent Act to require
any authority or person in respect of whom a recommendation is made by
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