OMP Publications

A basic guide to the OMP providing answers to frequently asked questions regarding its powers and functions.

Guidelines issued by the Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms under paragraph (f) of Section 12 of the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration and Discharge of Functions) Act, No. 14 of 2016, Extraordinary Gazette 2133/36 (24 July 2019).

Comments submitted by the OMP to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances with regard to the Draft Guiding Principles for the search for disappeared persons.

The United Nations Working Group on Involuntary and Enforced Disappearances (WGIED) visited Sri Lanka in 2016 and made recommendations regarding its obligations concerning missing and disappeared persons. Sri Lanka was required to provide a report on the progress made on implementing the recommendations in 2019. The OMP, Government of Sri Lanka and other actors submitted a report on the progress made in implementing the recommendations to the WGIED in September 2019.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Ampara District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Anuradhapura District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Badulla District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Colombo District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Galle District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Gampaha District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Hambantota District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Jaffna District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Kalutara District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Kandy District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Kegalle District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Kilinochchi District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Kurunegala District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Mannar District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Matale District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Matara District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Monaragala District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Mullaitivu District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Nuwara Eliya District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Polonnaruwa District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Puttalam District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Ratnapura District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Trincomalee District.

This list contains information regarding missing and disappeared persons that was submitted from the Vavuniya District.

This list contains information regarding Missing in Action Personnel from the Army that was provided by the Armed Forces at the request of the OMP.

This list contains information regarding Missing in Action Personnel from the Navy that was provided by the Armed Forces at the request of the OMP.

This list contains information regarding Missing in Action Personnel from the Air Force that was provided by the Armed Forces at the request of the OMP.

In 2019 the OMP finalized the Psychosocial Support Strategy (PSS), including an operational framework, to offer psychosocial support to families of missing and disappeared persons. The PSS recognizes the pain and suffering of having to live with the uncertainty of the fate of a missing loved one and the social, economic, personal and psychological challenges arising within this specific context. The strategy aims to develop an enabling environment within the OMP and sensitise external stakeholders to recognize the distinctive context and suffering of families of missing and disappeared persons; be sensitive to their psychosocial needs, vulnerabilities and capacities; facilitate social support for them, and promote sensitive service provision in ways that uphold their dignity and strengthens their resilience. In drawing up the PSS the OMP consulted a range of stakeholders working on disappearances and psycho-social care and took into consideration the concerns expressed by families of the missing and disappeared.

A guide containing questions and answers with regard to the List of Missing and Disappeared Persons.