Miheal Dorathy, Executive Director of the Northern Ireland Peace and Reconciliation Group attended the workshop as a special resource person. Civil Society Organization such as , Sarvodaya Seva Lanka Foundation, Family Rehabilitation Centre, Federation of Rural Development Societies specially contributed in the event and the President of the Jaffna Mediation Board, also participated in the event. UN High Commissioner’s Sri Lanka Visit and her meeting with the Commission. The Human Rights Commissioner of the United Nations visited Sri Lanka from 25 to 31 August 2013 on the invitation of the government of Sri Lanka. The High Commissioner met the members of the Human Rights Commission and the Senior staff on 29.08.2013 and held discussions. The Chairman of the Commission welcomed the High Commissioner expressing pleasure over her visit to the Commission during her Sri Lanka visit. Subsequently, in response to an enquiry made by her, the Chairman of the Commission provided a detailed account on the role of the Commission. He explained to her the role so far played by the Commission within its purview. The High Commissioner was of the view that the Commission has a special role to play in respect of promoting and protecting human rights and even though she had accepted to look into all the complaints made by the victims who met during the visit, all such complaints should to be directed to the Human Rights Commission. She also held the opinion that the Commission should make impromptu interventions into the incidents of infringement of Human Rights and express its stand on such situations. Finally, extending her satisfaction over the role of the Commission the High Commissioner expressed her readiness to provide facilities through the UN Country Representative of the Human Rights Commission in Sri Lanka. 4.5 A Special discussions with International Organizations. Discussion with the Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on Human Rights on the Human Rights of Parliamentarian – 09.07.2013 Manager of the Human Rights Program of the Inter-Parliamentary Association, protocol officers of the Sri Lanka Parliament and several other members of the said Committee had a special discussion with the Human Rights Commission. This international organization is a member organization of 45