Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2022-03-07

Conducting of Inquiries into Complaints made with regard to Missing Persons

- The Office on Missing Persons was established, in terms of the provisions of the Act No.14 of 2016. The said office has established its regional offices in the areas of Matara, Mannar, Jaffna, Batticaloa and Kilinochchi and about 14,988 complaints on missings have been received to such offices. The Office on Missing Persons is charged with a range of functions and duties including the issuance of reports to the relatives of missing persons, after conducting formal inquiries, in terms of the provisions of the said Act. Accordingly, the proposal made by the Minister of Justice to implement an accelerated programme having appointed 25 panels for the purpose of finalizing the inquiries related to those complaints, was approved by the Cabinet.