HRCM Received 916 Rights Violation Complaints Last Year

The Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) received reports of 916 cases involving possible rights violations last year, according to the commission’s 2025 annual report.

The report states that 797 of the cases were submitted by members of the public, while the commission initiated investigations into the remaining 119 cases on its own.

Out of the total cases reported, the commission decided to proceed with investigations into 473 cases and declined to pursue the remaining 460 cases.

Among the cases investigated, the largest number related to possible violations of the rights of prison inmates and suspects held in remand detention. A significant portion of these complaints concerned a lack of proper access to healthcare for inmates and remand detainees. The commission investigated 148 such cases during the year.

HRCM completed investigations into 632 cases during the year. Of these, 518 were concluded under the Human Rights Commission Act and 114 were completed under the Anti-Torture Act.

Some of the investigations finalised last year dated back several years. The commission completed investigations into one case each from 2015 and 2016, two cases from 2019, three from 2020, 20 from 2021, 68 from 2022, 84 from 2023, and 201 cases that had been filed in 2024.