CHPTER 02 Promotion of Human Rights 2.0 Introduction As set out under Article 7 of the Declaration on Human Rights Education which has been adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10th December 2011, responsibility on human rights education and training mainly lies with the State and relevant public institutions. Under the second phase of the World Human Rights Education Programme (2010-2014) Member states are bound to provide human rights education and training programmes to higher education institutes, public officers and officers of armed corps of the government. There is no reference to human rights education in the current education and other related laws in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, section 10(f) of the Human Rights Commission Act, no.21of 1996 states that it is the duty of the Commission to promote awareness on human rights and to provide education, in line with human rights. The Commission launched various programmes to promote human rights in year 2013. Among them, programmes on human rights, awareness programmes and education programmes held a special place. These programmes were organized by the Head-Office and regional offices. Details of the programmes organized by the Head-Office are included in this Chapter while details on programmes organized by Regional Offices are given under the Chapter on Regional Offices. 2.1 Educational Programmes on Human Rights 16 human rights education programmes were conducted by the Education and Special Programmes Division of the Head-Office. Out of them, some were conducted by the Commission while others were conducted at the request of other institutions. 20