Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.2 Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Ad d.2 Measures taken/current situation Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) And also this project with HRDAG to estimate the total number of disappeared on/around that one day: http://www.itjpsl.com/assets/press/12-December-2018-Press-release-with-HRDAGcopy.pdf iii) Full access to this register by relatives of the disappeared, lawyers, human rights defenders and any other concerned person; 23 In 2016, the GoSL enacted an amendment to the Registration of Deaths (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 16 of 2016, in order to issue Certificates of Absence (CoA) in lieu of death certificates, which would enable the families of the disappeared to access the right to utilize land and withdraw funds from bank accounts belonging to the missing person. The issuance of certificates of absence to applicants has now commenced. As at April 2019, the The Working Group notes information according to which access to the OMP’s database is limited and conditional and encourages the OMP to ensure full access for relatives of the disappeared, lawyers, human rights defenders and any other concerned person. While the Enforced Disappearance Act does not provide for a declaration of absence, certificates of absence have been introduced in the amendment to the Registration of Deaths (Temporary A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 (iv) The declaration of absence in respect of enforced disappearance; OMP The OMP is developing a procedure to ensure access to the register of missing and disappeared persons in a manner that ensures the security of the database and the privacy of its data. Amnesty Access to the OMP’s database is limited and conditional. The OMP’s functions include to “provide to any relative of a missing person or any other complainant, wherever the OMP is able to do so, information relating to the whereabouts of a missing person, if found to be alive, subject to the consent of the person found alive” and “to provide relatives of a missing person, information relating to the status of an ongoing investigation, pertaining to such missing person, unless the OMP is of the view that such would hinder the ongoing investigation or that it is not in the best interests of the missing person: Provided that where the relatives of the missing person are deceased or unknown or the OMP is unable to locate such relatives, the OMP may provide updates with regard to such investigation to an appropriate authority or organisation.” (section 13(1)(b),(c)). Families of the disappeared (111) Good suggestion but not relevant at the moment. ICJ Section 16 of the Act on Enforced Disappearance stipulates that the relatives, representatives and attorney-at-law of the person deprived of liberty would have full access of the register (of persons deprived of liberty). Government – June/July 2019