Our Major Activities
Access to Justice : Legal Aid to the victims of Torture / Rape, domestic violence, political prisoners, unlawful detainees, detainees with fabricated charges, victims of miscarriage of Justice, victims of human rights violations.
Human Rights Education : Human Rights workshops for Priests & Religious, civil society members, youth and for members of the citizen’s committees. Human Rights education through: Mobile Human Rights exhibitions to the civil society. Human Rights education through Art, Speech, Essay & debate competitions for students to creating a culture of human Rights.
Victim & Witness protection : Security and Protection for victims & their families of Rape, Torture, domestic violence, political prisoners and victims of serious Human Rights violations.
Victim Centered activity : Accompanying victims to court for trial monitoring and accompanying them to relevant institutions to seek Justice.
Prison Service : Legal assistance to prisoners, healing programmes in prisons, religious, cultural events in prisons & Monitoring the prisons to ensure the minimum standards of the treatment of prisoners. Empowering chaplains (Priests & Religious) working in prisons throughout the country.
Campaign against Disappearances :
- Regular visits to the families of the disappeared
- Trauma counseling sessions & Mental healing sessions for the parents and family members
- Income generative projects being introduced
- Legal counseling and Legal aid
- Stabilizing the financial & health conditions of the families of the disappeared.
- Empowerment with skills & values
- Empowerment of the Children- with education assistance
- Training social workers in the North for improvement in psychological well being
- Campaign to make disappearances a crime in Sri Lanka
Programme for the women headed Families : Families of the Disappeared & Families of the Prisoners - Legal assistance, Counseling, healing & economic empowerment.
Lobby, Advocacy, Campaign, Research and Documentation, Urgent Appeals :
Documentation of cases.
Research on specific human rights issues.
Advocacy & Lobby with local and international human rights organizations / net-works.
Signature campaigns/ Postcards campaigns - on specific issue
Submissions to the UN bodies
Statements on specific issues/ Disseminate and share information through E-newsletters.
Street movements / Media conferences/ Radio programmes and Video productions
Rehabilitation & Reintegration :
Individual Trauma counseling, Family counseling & Testimonial therapy to survivors of rape, Torture, detainees and their families & the families of the disappeared and prisoners. Relocation of victims, finding employment opportunities, assisting to seek asylum and integrating survivors to the society.
Lobby, Advocacy, Campaign, Research and Documentation, Urgent Appeals :
Documentation of cases.
Research on specific human rights issues.
Advocacy & Lobby with local and international human rights organizations / net-works.
Signature campaigns/ Postcards campaigns - on specific issue
Submissions to the UN bodies
Statements on specific issues/ Disseminate and share information through E-newsletters.
Street movements / Media conferences/ Radio programmes and Video productions
Rehabilitation & Reintegration :
Individual Trauma counseling, Family counseling & Testimonial therapy to survivors of rape, Torture, detainees and their families & the families of the disappeared and prisoners. Relocation of victims, finding employment opportunities, assisting to seek asylum and integrating survivors to the society.