The 60th anniversary celebrations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights brought together a distinguished gathering of Members of Diplomatic Missions, Representatives of U.N. Agencies, Secretaries of Ministries, Members of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, International Non-Government Organizations, Local Non-Government Organizations, legal luminaries and young lawyers at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10th December 2008, International Human Rights Day. Dr. Charika Marasinghe, Founder-Director of C R L International (Gte) Ltd., had the privilege of being invited by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka to grace the occasion as the Guest of Honour and deliver the Keynote Address on the theme ‘Justice and Dignity for All’. Read the rest of this entry »
On 20th November 2008 C R L as part of its awareness drive in the child rights field addressed a group of 100 participants drawn from a group of Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) and Sub Inspectors (SI) who will be future Officers-in-charge of Crime Divisions of the Sri Lanka Police force at the Police Training College, Kalutara on ‘Why be sensitive to child rights’ at a session on child rights, a component of a seven day in-service training programme conducted by the Centre for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Read the rest of this entry »
The insights developed during the revival and reflection period resonate with the mounting distress in economic, political, environmental, cultural and social spheres. These demand immediate action at individual, family, community, national, regional and international levels. In carving the strategic direction of C R L the challenge that lies ahead of us is to understand and embrace this ground reality. Through our transformative child rights agenda we plan to adopt immediate measures to inspire and encourage adults and children, as well as institutions, into constructive action. We need to understand that the survival of all sentient beings on our mother earth depends on our ability to shed egoistic identity and expand the self to achieve a more harmonious balance and peaceful relationship with everything around us - people, animals, plants and the earth.
