HR cases stuck

26 August 2010 03:30 pm

By B.M.Murshideen


More than 5,500 cases are pending at the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (SLHRC) in Colombo and in the regional offices island wide due to the non-appointment of the Commissioners since April 2009.

Secretary of the Human Rights Commission Chandra Ellawala told the Daily Mirror that they have received nearly 7500 complaints from January 2010.

Ms. Chandra Ellawala also said that they are currently doing only the preliminary investigations on complaints received by them.

“We can’t make any recommendations without the Commissioners. We are not empowered to issue recommendations. If the case is only fit we complete the inquiries,” she added.