Measures taken/current situation Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) or are required to care for persons with disabilities or the elderly, and victims of sexual or gender based violence.87 transparent consultations and operationalised soon after. Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Ad d.2 ICJ Although the Truth Commission draft is not out yet, the OMP Act under Section 11 (c) states that the OMP shall from time to time issue rules and guidelines which may include gender sensitive policies to be followed by all staff of the OMP relating to the exercise, performance and discharge of its powers, duties and functions. The Office for Reparations Act, under Section 2 (b) states that one of the objectives of the Act is to facilitate and implement such Policies on reparations as approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, by the Office for Reparations, including specialized policies on public education, memorialization and on children, youths, women and victims of sexual violence and persons with disabilities. (m) Adopt a gender and child-rights perspective in all policies aimed at reparation, truth and justice, based on the standards developed by the Working Group in its general comments on children and enforced disappearances (see A/HRC/WGEID/98/1 and Corr.1) and on women affected by enforced disappearances (A/HRC/WGEID/98/2). Government The Reparations Act No 38 of 2018 enacted by the GoSL in October 2018, accessible at https://www.parliament.lk/uploads/acts/gbills/english/6107.pdf adopts a gender and child-rights perspective in granting reparations. Objectives of the Act – Section 2(b) - to facilitate and implement such Policies on reparations as approved by the Cabinet of Ministers by the Office for Reparations, including specialized policies on public education, memorialization and on children, youths, women and victims of sexual violence and persons with disabilities; Powers and Functions – Section 11(f) - to make rules and issue guidelines from time to time which shall include gender and child responsive policies, to be followed by the staff of the Office for Reparations relating to the exercise and performance of its powers and functions; Formulation of Policies on Reparations - Section 12(b) 87 OMP Interim Report, above n 2, para 46. While welcoming provisions in the Reparations Act related to gender and child responsive policies, the Working Group notes that the Office for Reparations has only recently been operationalized and there is no information available on the planned policies in this regard. The Working Group hopes that this Office can promptly begin work to implement this and other relevant recommendations. A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 66 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.2

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