Current Progress

  • The OMP/the Commission has established its head office in Colombo, and following the consultations with the public, regional offices were opened in Matara, Mannar, Jaffna, Batticaloa, and on August 2021, in Kilinochchi as well.

  • The previous commissions were mainly involved in gathering information from various sources, responding to new complaints lodged by the families and translating them into a simplified database; while observing the new incoming complaints. And spent more time on establishing the office, recruiting qualified staff, and capacity-building of the officials in the first three years.

  • Based on the information obtained from the families and relatives of the missing persons, in 2020, the OMP published the details of 21,374 complaints received, which is called “the provisional list”. The general public was requested in assisting to furnish the records related to their complaints. Accordingly, The progress made by OMP as of 30th of November 2023 as follows

    Number of the complaints of Missing Persons
      No  DescriptionSub totalTotal
    01 Total Number of Complaints / Cases received by the OMP initially   21,374
    02 No. of Cases with missing military personnel/ Cases with double entries   6,386
    03 The number of active complaints / Cases     21,374 - 6,386
    = 14,988  
    04 Total number of preliminary inquiries concluded   4,795
    In 2020 184  
    In 2021 95  
    In 2022 2,111  
    In 2023 2,405  
    05 Balance cases to be inquired   12,341
    Cases reported with the date of missing between 2000-2021 – Phase I 1,230  
    Cases reported with the date of missing between 1980-2000 – Phase II 3,173  
    Cases reported with the date of missing before 1980 + the date is not clear – Phase III   5,278 + 512
    = 5,790      		  

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