74. Cases which are not resolved by the Commission are referred to the Equal Opportunities Tribunal. The mandate and powers of the Tribunal has remained unchanged since the last report. V. INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMISSION 75. The Government programme 2015-2019 provided for the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). 76. The IPCC was accordingly set up on 09 April 2018 to (a) investigate into any complaint made by any person or on his behalf against any act, conduct or omission of a police officer in the discharge of his functions, other than a complaint of an act of corruption or a money laundering offence; (b) investigate into the cause of death of a person who died whilst the person was in police custody or as a result of police action; (c) advise on ways in which any police misconduct may be addressed and eliminated; (d) promote better relations between the public and the Police; and (e) perform such other functions as may be conferred to it by any other enactment. 77. The IPCC is composed of a former judge of the Supreme Court as Chairperson and two members. Prior to the establishment of the IPCC on 09 April 2018, complaints against police were handled at the level of the Police Complaints Division of the National Human Rights Commission. 78. The IPCC has received 601 complaints from April 2018 to April 2019 and there were 277 pending files from the Police Complaints Division (PCD) which were taken over by the IPCC in April 2018. Table 14: Breakdown of complaints from April 2018 to April 2019 Received PCD (OLD 277 FILES) IPCC 2018 456 (as from 10.04/2018) IPCC 2019 145 Disposed Still under Withdrawn after investigation investigation Referred to DPP Referred to DFSC Settled by conciliation 142 135 18 1 0 4 158 298 12 4 2 4 14 131 2 0 0 1 Source: Independent Police Complaints Commission 32