Rights Commission 11 2013.09.16-17 Civil Organizations and NGO members Human Rights Commission 12 2013.09.23-27 Senior Police Officers The Police Training School, Katana 13 2013.10.27 Members of the Central Conference for The Central Conference for the Deaf the Deaf and the human Rights Commission 14 2013.011.21 Officers of the Excise Department Excise Department and the Human Rights Commission 15 2013.11.23 Members of the Kalutara District of the Social and Religious Social and religious centre Centre and the Human Rights Commission 16 2013.12.1 Members of the Central Conference for The Central Conference for the Deaf the Deaf and the human Rights Commission 2.2 Proposed Amendments to the Human Rights Act, No.21 of 1996 It had been identified by two national reports which were subject to debate in 2013, i.e. the report of the Lessons Learnt and the Reconciliation Commission and the National Human Rights Strategic Plan, the need for the Human Rights Commission to be given wide powers. It had been widely debated in 2013 that the Act should contain provisions to enforce recommendations issued by the Commission. Discussions were held with people including NGOs, public institutions, experts and members of civil societies. Once the Commission finished collecting all the information, the Senior staff of the Commission along with the Commission Members held separate rounds of discussions, prepared the final set of proposals and forwarded them to the Presidential Secretariat to be presented to the Parliament. 22