Interim Report
The establishment of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) marks a significant milestone in the efforts of the Government of Sri Lanka to address the issues of the missing and the disappeared. Established under the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration and Discharge of Functions) Act No. 14 of 2016 as an independent commission, the OMP’s objectives are to trace and search for the missing, make recommendations towards nonrecurrence, ensure the protection of the rights of the missing, the disappeared and their relatives, and to identify proper avenues of redress.
This Interim Report discusses the ongoing activities of the OMP, the challenges it faces, the responsibility of the State to ensure justice, the responsibility of the State to provide reparations, urgent recommendations, interim relief proposals, and finally, justice-related recommendations.
