International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women. The Commission issued a special message to the website reiterating the need for stern implementation of laws to curb violence against women and condemned all forms of violence in the society. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture A message was issued to mark this international day. Several awareness programmes were organized by the Head-Office and the regional offices on the legal aspect of torture. All these programmes were conducted to members of the Army, the navy, the Air Force and the Police. 2.4 Promotion of Child Rights The Commission organized several programmes with funds granted by the UNICEF in districts of Killinochchi, Mulathivu, Nuwaraeliya and Batticaloa. Before the programmes were conducted, resource persons inspected several villages in relevant districts and identified specific areas to conduct the public awareness programmes. Among them, priority was given to areas on reporting mechanism of an infringement of a Child right. In addition, the public was made aware of the child rights, with the assistance of Child Rights promotion officers, Probation Officers, Social services officers and Women’s rights Promotion Officers. At the end of the programmes, village level Child Rights monitoring Committees were appointed. Training programmes were held to build capacity of all parties engaged in the protection of child rights. For that, mainly public servants and members of Child Rights Monitoring Committees participated and training was given on child rights, fundamental rights, rights of the people with disabilities, rights of the displaced, the manner to respond in emergencies, judicial system, institutions where redress can be sought and social and legal services. 24