Retired Supreme Court Judge Vijith Malalgoda has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Alongside Malalgoda, four other members have also been appointed to the Commission. They are S.Y.M. Gomes, former diplomat A.L.A. Azeez, Dr. S.S.S.B.D.H. Jayawardena and Professor T. Jayasingam.
The appointment letters were formally handed over to the newly appointed members by Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (30), according to the President’s Media Division.
The new appointments were made to fill the vacancies created following the completion of the previous members' terms of office.
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