HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 5.5.4 Participation at events organized by civil society organizations The Commissioners and staff of HRCSL participated in many events organized by civil society organizations such as the chairperson attending the Conference on “Trends in Youth Radicalization in South Asia” organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies as the chief Guest and Guest Speaker; the meeting entitled “Rights Now, Right to Life” organized by Rights Now in collaboration with the families of missing persons held in Negombo; ‘A Policy Dialogue for the youth and peace building’ organized by Youth Peace & Security Coalition in Sri Lanka; the Round Table discussion on ‘Promoting Freedom of expression and the rule of law by ending impunity for crimes against journalists’ organized by the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) together with UNESCO and International Media Support (IMS). 5.5.5 Training for civil society HRCSL conducted trainings for members of civil society such as the twoday Human Right Training Programme for the voluntary workers in the Maskeliya area as proposed by the Thematic Sub-Committee on Plantation Workers’ Rights, held on 20 and 21 October, 2018 at Maskeliya. 5.6. Mentoring The Commission continued the HRCSL internship programme which was revived in 2017 due to the conviction that investing in the youth of the country, especially in the promotion and protection of human rights, is a right step forward. Applications were called from undergraduates and recent graduates of any discipline to serve on a voluntary basis throughout 2018. The objective of the programme was to give the successful candidates exposure to the role of HRCSL, promotion and protection activities of the Commission including research, and to foster 85