Cabinet approves establishment of Permanent Office of Missing Persons
By Dharisha Bastians
Taking a first step towards establishing a credible transitional justice mechanism to address human rights violations during the war and help thousands of families across Sri Lanka to discover the fate of their loved ones, the Government approved the proposal for a permanent Office of Missing Persons at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
The Office of Missing Persons (OMP) will be set up by legislation the Government has already drafted, as the