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. 25

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