sri lanka's commissions of inquiry - Law & Society Trust
sri lanka's commissions of inquiry - Law & Society Trust
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5.3 Commission <strong>of</strong> Inquiry into the Involuntary Removal or<br />
Disappearances <strong>of</strong> Persons in the Northern & Eastern<br />
Provinces ............................................................................... 39<br />
5.4 Commission <strong>of</strong> Inquiry into the Involuntary Removal<br />
or Disappearance <strong>of</strong> Persons in the Western,<br />
Southern and Sabaragamuwa Provinces ............................... 44<br />
6. Commission <strong>of</strong> Inquiry into the Involuntary Removal and<br />
Disappearances <strong>of</strong> Certain Persons (All Island) ............................. 52<br />
7. Commission <strong>of</strong> Inquiry into the establishment and<br />
maintenance <strong>of</strong> Places <strong>of</strong> Unlawful Detention and Torture<br />
chambers at the Batalanda Housing Scheme .................................. 58<br />
8. Presidential Commission <strong>of</strong> Inquiry into incidents that<br />
took place at the Bindunuwewa Rehabilitation Centre,<br />
Bandarawela on 25 October 2000 ................................................... 63<br />
9. Presidential Truth Commission on Ethnic Violence<br />
(1981 – 1984) .................................................................................. 68<br />
10. Other mechanisms<br />
10.1. Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defence Board <strong>of</strong> Investigation into<br />
Disappearances in the Jaffna Peninsula ................................ 73<br />
10.2. The Committee on Disappearances in the Jaffna Region,<br />
Human Rights Commission <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka ............................. 78<br />
Part 2<br />
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DISAPPEARANCES<br />
COMMISSIONS ........................................................................................... 82<br />
Investigations .......................................................................................... 83<br />
Legal proceedings ................................................................................... 90<br />
Punitive measures................................................................................. 103<br />
Arrest and detention ............................................................................. 106<br />
Legal reform ......................................................................................... 117<br />
Relief and rehabilitation ....................................................................... 121<br />
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