- Vision: A society free from war, discrimination and social injustice and based upon human dignity for all
- Mission: To utilize rights-based strategies in research, documentation and advocacy promoting the full realization of the rule of law, justifiability of rights and public accountability.
- Mandate: … (full text about the Trust).
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Address: Law & Society Trust, No. 3 , Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka;
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State of Human Rights: This is a detailed account of the state of human rights in Sri Lanka focusing on the period January to December 2006.
Sri Lanka: State of Human Rights 2007 contains the following chapters:
- Overview of the State of Human Rights in 2006
- Right to Liberty and Integrity of the Person
- Judicial Protection of Human Rights
- Emergency Rule
- IDPs and Civilian Protection
- The Role of Commissions of Inquiry in the Prosecutorial System of Sri Lanka
- Public Institutions and De-Politicisation: Rise and fall of the 17th Amendment
- Women’s Rights
- Media freedom and Freedom of Expression : Heading for a Crisis
- Official Languages Policy & Minority Rights
- Post-Tsunami Housing Rights
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… (full long texts State of Human Rights, from 1997 to 2007).