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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has named Yogeswari Patkunarajah as an additional member to the Commission of Inquiry he named last month to identify the findings of the preceding commissions and committees that probed human rights violations and what progress has been made in the implementation of their recommendations.
The Commission is headed by Supreme Court Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz and its other members are Retired Inspector-General of Police Chandra Fernando and Retired District Secretary Nimal Abeysiri.
The additional commissioner is being named taking into consideration the necessity of reflecting the pluralistic character of Sri Lankan society and gender equity, the Gazette notification issued in this regard said.
The Commission is tasked with following:
The Commissioners have been given six months to submit a final report.