Report on census on data on dead and disappeared to be released this month
Saturday, 1 February 2014 00:01
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The Department of Census and Statistics said that the report of the census on human death and property damages during the three-decade long conflict will be released this month.
Director General of the Department of Census and Statistics D.C.A. Gunawardena told media that the field work had been completed and the data were being processed at the moment.
The nationwide survey commenced in December last year was a key recommendation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).
The Task Force which is appointed for the implementation of the LLRC recommendations and headed by the Secretary to the President has prepared a National Action Plan which has recommended conducting a professionally designed household survey covering all affected families in all parts of the island to ascertain firsthand the scale and circumstances of death and injury to civilians, as well as damage to property during the period of the conflict.
The Department has deployed about 17,000 officials for the survey to collect detailed information on the deaths, missing persons, injured and/or disabled persons, and damages to the property.
The census covered the conflict period from 1983 up to the end of May 2009.
The Department said the census was carried out completely following international standards and practices of data collection with every aspect of losses being addressed.
