P.R. Laws tit. 1, § 153
The Commission shall have the following functions:
(a) To educate the entire population on the significance of the fundamental rights and the means of respecting, protecting and exalting them.
(b) To seek with individuals and before the government authorities protection of the human rights and strict enforcement of the laws protecting such rights.
(c) To carry out surveys and investigations on the effectiveness of the fundamental rights, including complaints and grievances by any citizen in connection with the violation of those rights.
(d) To render an annual report and any special reports to the Governor, the Supreme Court and the Legislature, with such recommendations as it may deem necessary for the continuous and effective protection of such rights. After the first annual report, the Commission shall include at the end of its annual reports a summary of the recommendations previously made by it and a statement of the action taken on said recommendations. The Commission shall publish its reports not later than five (5) days after they have been sent to the Governor, the Supreme Court and the Legislature. The Commission may also publish the studies and monographs submitted by its consultants and advisers.
(e) To evaluate the laws, standards and acts of the Commonwealth and municipal governments in connection with the civil rights, and to suggest reforms in respect to same.
History —June 28, 1965, No. 102, p. 267, § 3; June 29, 1966, No. 136, p. 438.