HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2020 the Commission to report to the Commission on action taken to give effect to such recommendation and that it is the duty of every such person to report to the Commission accordingly. In the event of the failure to report or the action taken, or proposed to be taken is in the view of the Commission inadequate, the Commission is empowered to report such to the President of Sri Lanka. The Commission observed that some public officials fail to give effect to the recommendations of the Commission. As a means of redressing this situation, it proposed an amendment to the Establishment Code which will enable disciplinary action for serious misconduct against the errant officer who fails to give effect to the recommendations of the Commission without a justifiable reason. (Please see Chapter 4.3 for more information on the monitoring of non-implementation of recommendations) 2.2. Recommendations to the Government During 2020 HRCSL made recommendations to the Government on human rights issues of concern, which the Commission viewed as requiring its intervention.  Use of sign language on television channels during the telecast of special news items, regular news telecasts, and government notifications The Commission formally requested the Director General of the Government Information Department to inform all television channels to telecast simultaneous sign language translations of special news items, regular news telecasts, and government notifications. This request was made pursuant to a complaint received from the hearing impaired community in Sri Lanka, that they are deprived of information on the containment measures taken by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19 as sign language translations do not accompany such news. The Government Information Department was further requested to keep the Commission informed of the interventions it made in this regard. 27