HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2019
2019 at Akkarayankulam in Kilinochchi and Iranathivu Island, and on 12
December 2019 at Thammennawetiya in Anamaduwa respectively.
The Commission and the Regional Offices continued to provide assistance
to mobile services organized by the Ministry of National Co-Existence,
Dialogue and Official Languages for marginalized groups in several parts
of the country. As such, the HRCSL Head Office sent its officials as resource
persons for mobile services in areas such as Kalutara, Mutwal, and
Awissawella while the respective Regional Offices provided assistance to
mobile services in areas such as Batticaloa, Matale, Bulathkohupitiya, and
Mallakam.
5.2. Sharing Knowledge with Other Public
Institutions/Programmes
The Commission, through its Head Office and the Regional Offices, also
provides assistance by way of resources persons to programmes
conducted by other public institutions and actively contributed to
discussions of relevance to the Commission convened by other public
institutions. During 2019, HRCSL conducted lectures, and participated in
discussions on a wide array of topics of interest. The following is a
selected list of such events the HRCSL Head Office contributed to:
a) Contributing expertise to progress monitoring meetings on the
implementation of National Human Rights Action Plan (20162021). This activity included attending meetings of the Committee
on the Rights of migrant workers convened by the Ministry of
Foreign Employment Promotion, Committee on Civil and Political
Rights contained in National Human Rights Action Plan convened
by the Ministry of Justice, and meetings convened by the Coordinating Secretariat for Reconciliation Mechanisms.
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