Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.2 Measures taken/current situation Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) Truth Commission yet to be established. Whatever is below in this section is yet to be done. Families of the Disappeared The commissioners have been selected. But no transparency on how they were selected. We have to wait and see. ICJ Government to ensure the draft legislation is subjected to extensive consultations and reiterates its previous recommendation to ensure commissioners are required to be independent and professional personnel of the highest moral authority and subjected to a full and thorough vetting process. Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Ad d.2 Even though the draft legislation to set up a truth commission is said to have been approved by the cabinet,75 it is yet to be made public. Therefore, information regarding recommendation 81 (Paragraph 51) is currently unavailable. ITJP Not formed yet so n/a. (b) Include staff from the civil society; Families of the Disappeared We have suggested to give priority to the family members of the disappeared. But nothing has been mentioned about this for the recruitments to TC. Even according to the advertisement on recruitment to Matara and Mannar OMP offices, a degree was compulsory for most of the vacancies and which in most cases exclude most of the families. (c) Be set up through a comprehensive consultative process with all stakeholders; 75 For TC no discussion was held with stakeholders. Families of the Disappeared The Working Group regrets that no consultations have yet begun with all stakeholders on the truth commission legislation. The Working Group calls for a comprehensive consultative process with all stakeholders on the draft as soon as possible. The Working Group notes that, at this stage, little information is 55 Cabinet approves laws to set up the Truth Commission, Daily Mirror, 24 October 2018, http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Cabinet-approves-laws-to-set-up-TruthCommission-157292.html A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 (d) Be granted adequate human and financial Families of the Disappeared The Working Group did not receive any information on whether the draft legislation includes staff from civil society but encourages the Government to ensure their inclusion.