Measures taken/current situation Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Ad d.2 Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) suggesting they were forcibly recruited by the LTTE) when in reality they went missing in May 2009 (when more likely in army custody). (c) Pay particular attention to adequate, professional and victim-oriented psychosocial assistance for the relatives of the disappeared in relation to both truth and justice processes, in the context of the forthcoming transitional justice mechanisms; Paragraph 6, 3536 Families of the Disappeared See 79 (g) c).-(d) This subject has never been focussed or attended to. There is no such a programme especially for those families. ICJ Section 11 (1) (j) of the Act limits psychosocial support and other forms of support for aggrieved persons who appear before the Office for Reparations and does not refer to any other mechanism. However, it must be noted that the OMP Act (the only other TJ mechanism to be put in place) also includes a similar provision under Section 13 (1) (e) in relation to missing persons. ITJP And victims abroad too. See http://www.itjpsl.com/assets/press/10-June-ITJP_press_release.pdf (d) Adopt and strengthen existing psychosocial support programmes for victims; Paragraphs 66 58- ICJ A Task Force on Psychosocial Well-being was set up by the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation to address mental health and psychosocial consequences of the conflict and to develop psychosocial strategies for national reconciliation.111 According to a report by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, while psychosocial support programmes are being provided by both State and non-State actors, there is room for improvement for the services being provided by the State especially in terms of filling existing cadre positions of counsellors and consultant psychiatrists in hospitals.112 111 112 The Working Group welcomes the creation of a task force on mental health and the aforementioned efforts by the OMP to develop a psychosocial responsiveness strategy and hopes programmes can quickly be established. It notes that the Office for reparations only recently became operational and Prof. Daya Somasundaram, Psychosocial Rehabilitation for the War-affected, Daily News, 26 January, 2018 http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/01/26/features/141048/psychosocial-rehabilitation-war-affected Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek, Psychosocial assessment of the war affected North and East Provinces of Sri Lanka: Distress and Growth Post war, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo 2018, http://ices.lk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/psychosocial-assessment.pdf A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 82 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.2