Mandate
As a non-profit educational institution attached to the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, CSHR’s mandate is to conduct and facilitate human rights education and research programmes for the university and the community at large.
Vision
To be a center of excellence for creating a nation with a rights consciousness in which the dignity and rights of all people are respected.
Mission
“To foster human rights education, research, capacity building, and knowledge services using a multidisciplinary approach”
Free Legal Advice Mobile Camp – Kurunegala
Centre for the Study of Human Rights and @Legal aid unit of the Faculty of Law – University of Colombo, delivered free legal aid and awareness initiatives in #Kurunegala on 22 March 2024. 80 law students from the University of Colombo facilitated the activities, while about 20 lawyers from the Bar Association of Sri Lanka […]
Inauguration of the Asia Pacific Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (APMA) 2023/24
The Asia Pacific Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (APMA) Program for the academic year 2023/2024 was inaugurated on February 21, 2024, at the Boardroom of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. The event began with the welcome address from Professor (Chair) Wasantha Seneviratne, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, […]
இலவச சட்ட ஆலோசனை முகாம் – அக்கரப்பத்தனை |නොමිලේ නීති උපදෙස් කඳවුර – ආගරපතන | Free Legal Advice Camp – Agarapathana
Legal awareness raising session for the public officers of the Divisional Secretariat, Thalawakele
Vacancies at CSHR
Applications are called from eligible candidates for the following positions: Administrative Assistant Course Coordinator 01 – (with the Sinhala and English Languages Competency) Course Coordinator 02 – (with the Tamil and English Languages Competency) Deadline: Applicants must send the following documents on or before 07.02.2024 More information available at https://cshr.cmb.ac.lk/vacancies/
නොමිලේ නීති උපදෙස් – இலவசமான சட்ட ஆலோசனைகள – Free Legal Advice
කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාල, නිති පීඨයේ මානව හිමිකම් අධ්යයන කේන්ද්රය මගින් ක්රියාත්මක කරනු ලබන ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සියලුම දිස්ත්රික්ක වල ජිවත්වන නීතිමය පිලිසරණක් ලබාගත නොහැකිව සිටින ප්රජාව වෙත නොමිලේ ලබා දෙන නීති උපදේශන සේවයට සමගාමීව පූර්ව වෙන්කරගැනීම මත කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික් සමිබන්ධිකාරක නීතිඥ අනුර මාරුෙකාන මහතා ෙවතින් සෑම බදාදා දිනකම පස්වරු 3 සිට 5 දක්වා නීති පීඨ පරිශ්රයට පැමිණීමෙන් […]
Training session on Introduction to Fundamental Rights
Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne (PC) recently trained CSHR staff on writing case summaries and commentaries on #FundamentalRights (#FR) cases, covering technical and contextual aspects of case summaries. This training is vital for our staff to groom their research skills in writing sound case summaries tailored for diverse users such as researchers, legal practitioners, civil society, and […]