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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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