sri lanka's commissions of inquiry - Law & Society Trust
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10.2. THE COMMITTEE ON DISAPPEARANCES IN THE<br />
JAFFNA REGION, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION<br />
OF SRI LANKA<br />
DATE APPT’D : 2002, though the date <strong>of</strong> appointment is not<br />
specified in the report. 92<br />
BY : The Human Rights Commission <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka<br />
under section 11(b) <strong>of</strong> the HRC Act <strong>of</strong> 1996.<br />
COMPRISING : Dr. Devanesan Nesiah – Chair<br />
Jezima Ismail - Member<br />
KH Camillus Fernando – Member<br />
Assisted By:<br />
M.C.M. Iqbal – Secretary<br />
Staff <strong>of</strong> five<br />
MANDATE : To inquire into complaints [the Human<br />
Rights Commission] has received regarding<br />
disappearances and removal <strong>of</strong> persons from<br />
their residences in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and<br />
Vavuniya Districts during the period 1990 to<br />
1998 and report on the following matters.<br />
Whether the persons in the list provided<br />
by the Guardians’ Association <strong>of</strong> those<br />
Arrested and Disappeared from the North,<br />
The Displaced North Muslims Organization,<br />
and the complaints pertaining to this period<br />
received by the Regional Office <strong>of</strong> the Human<br />
Rights Commission in Jaffna … have been<br />
involuntarily removed or had disappeared<br />
from their places <strong>of</strong> residence during the<br />
period mentioned by the complainants;<br />
92.<br />
“Devanesan Nesiah appointed to inquire Jaffna disappearances,” http://www.tamilnet.<br />
com, TamilNet, November 30, 2002 15:20 GMT.<br />
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