c) The project also supported HRCSL in the year 2015 to prepare a summary advocacy document setting out “the development of national policies and legislations on disability, their status of approvals and implementation; national action plan on disability and the need for ratification and implementation of UNCRPD in Sri Lanka and the way forward for the same” through an external consultant, in order to support a planned series of consultations by HRCSL with multiple stakeholders on disability legislations, in order to provide their recommendations to government on the Disability Bill to be enacted in Parliament in 2016. Advice/ Recommendations would be forwarded to President, PM and Parliament by HRCSL together with suggested amendments to the Disability Rights Bill, compiled following a series of consultations on this with disability community, Civil Society and academics - (2016). d) 29 Members of Parliament participated in a programme to strengthen their understanding of human rights and demonstrated keen interest in both the subject and continued collaboration with HRCSL, following the Residential Study Conference held in Nuwara Eliya headed jointly by HRCSL Chairperson and Deputy Speaker of Parliament- (2016) 55