HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018
The food festival provided an opportunity for the participants to
prepare and present food from different culinary traditions
underscoring the diversity and pluralism of our society, while the fire
camp was designed to develop effective methods of communication
among the youth leaders. Participants were asked to conduct mini factfinding missions in groups to nearby villages and assess issues they
observe from a human rights perspective. As the finale to the event, the
youth participants were tasked to submit brief individual proposals to
promote human rights in their respective communities before the
conclusion of the camp. Out of the submitted proposals, a panel of
experts chose the best 10 proposals to be presented to their peers. After
several rounds of presentation 5 proposals were chosen and their
proponents were named HRCSL Youth Ambassadors for Human Rights.
The Commission has resolved to hold annual youth camp recognizing
the importance of investing in youth.
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Human Rights Quiz competition
A year-long all island Human Rights Quiz Competition for school
children organized to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR
concluded successfully in 2018. The Commission notes the enthusiasm
among participating schools (433 schools in total), which saw schools
representing all the provinces participating
in the competition. Dharmashoka Vidyalaya,
Ambalangoda emerged the winner in the
Sinhala medium while the Samanthurai
Muslim Maha Vidyalaya, emerged the
winner in the Tamil medium. The provincial
the grand finale of the
level and national level competitions including From quiz
competition
the grand finale were telecast on ITN. The
objective of the Quiz Competition was to enhance the knowledge and
understanding of human rights among school children.
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