Homes run by Pradeshiya Sabhas and by the government as well as by other independent
institutions for children were inspected under the child orphanages programme organized by the
Head-Office of the Commission. Accordingly, 06 orphanages under the custody of the government
and 13 independently run homes were inspected.
These programmes were conducted by the Project Assistants and the officers of the Human Rights
Commission.
2.5
Provision of Information on Human Rights and co-ordinate with Electronic Media
People belonging to various levels and representatives of various institutions visit the Commission
to obtain information on human rights. In addition, information is requested through letters. On
some occasions persons are referred to the Education and Special Programmes Division for this
purpose and during the year 2013, fifty four persons were referred for such purpose. It is a special
feature that out of those persons 34 of them were university students.
There is a tendency in obtaining information on human rights for higher studies and research
purposes. The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and Certain
private media channels telecast and broadcast programmes on the role of the Human Rights
Commission in the year 2013.
2.6
The Library of the Human Rights Commission
The Library has a collection of books on human rights and other human rights related matters and
books required by the staff. There are 2699 books in the Commission’s library. In addition, it has
magazines and annual reports forwarded by the local and foreign institutions. It also contains all
published reports and publications of the Commission. It also has a collection of CDs and VCDs
containing programmes conducted by the Commission.
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