Country Programme Director of American Solidarity Centre
A meeting conducted at HRCSL on 31.01.14 with the country programme Director of
American Solidarity Centre to organise a discussion with the visiting delegation of
Maldivians officials.
The key objectives of the discussion was to promote sustainable
initiatives such as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Sri Lanka and the
Maldives for better regulation on labour migration and the protection of Migrant Workers.
The Commission appreciated the efforts taken by the Solidarity Centre to promote the rights
of Migrant Workers and agreed to proceed with a discussion with Maldivian Officials.
Director General for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights - Russian
Federation
Mr. Anatoby Victorov, Director General for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation had a meeting with Commission on
12.2.2014.
The focus of the discussion was his visit to Jaffna and the consequent
observations & recommendations.
Meeting with the Representative of Embassy of Switzerland
Mr. David Vigrati, the First Secretary (political) from Embassy of Switzerland met the
Commission on 04.03.2014 to discuss the work carried out by the Human Rights
Commission.
Meeting with the Chairman of ICC
Advocate Mr.
Mabedle Lourence Muswana, Chairman of International Coordinating
Committee of Nations Institutions for the promotion and protection of Human Rights (ICC)
and Chairman of the South Africa Human Rights Commission met Chairman of HRCSL on
20.05.2014 to discuss the upgrade of Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
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