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Accessibility to legal institutions – Sathyodaya Centre for Social Research

The project aims at raising the level of human rights awareness among people at the bottom of the social strata in Kandy. The organisation sets up human rights information and documentation units. The objective is to make young people aware of human rights provisions, safety nets in the legal systems and the role of service institutions such as the Human Rights Commission and the office of the Ombudsman.

Political satire for human rights and peace – Foundation for Alternative Mediah

This project uses satire as a means to help people to look at themselves in relation to local issues. It aims to convey the idea that human rights and peace are two of the most important issues in Sri Lanka and that without human rights there can be no solution to local problems or issues.
The programme takes the form of a mobile theatre, which travels from site to site and enacts these satirical plays.
To inform the public of the program, costumed actors stop at wayside shops and gathering places of people, commence a dialogue and explain the evening’s programme.

Plans are afoot to hold follow-up drama workshops for five villages at a time. This ensures that the dialogue in the area continues while at the same time it provides the community with a new source of entertainment.

Certificate Programme in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building – Faculty of Arts - University of Colombo

In the face of escalating violence, ethnic tensions and an apparent unraveling of the ceasefire agreement, the University of Colombo designed a human rights programme. The aim was to strengthen the human resources base of the Ministry of Human Rights as well as the Ministry of Skills Development and Enterprise Reforms, by training their staff in the field of conflict resolution and peace building.

Human Rights Action Centres - INFORM

In the face of growing human rights violations, NTT sponsored a program for re-energizing the old structures of monitoring and documenting human rights abuses as well as of lobbying and campaigning for justice and redress for victims and survivors. The project seeks to set up a network of Human Rights Action Centres that will conduct monitoring, documentation of the situation as well as enable more effective legal and political interventions.