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Human Rights Non-Governmental Organisations: Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Sri Lanka

Author Affiliations

  • 1 Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Sriperumbudur, Tamilnadu, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 1, Issue (2), Pages 48-54, October,14 (2012)

Abstract

Human rights in recent years has received immense attention and increased discussion over whose rights do we talk about and who protects and promotes human rights. Human rights non-governmental organisations, with their unsparing accounts and reports of human rights practices in countries across the world have no doubt contributed to the growth in protection and promotion of human rights both at the international and national level. This article seeks to examine whether human rights non-governmental organisations and their activities in Sri Lanka has played an important role in improving respect, protection and promotion of human rights practice within the nation. It finds that protection and promotion of human rights in the country is minimal due to the interference of the government in the activities of the organisations while attempting to promote the rights of the people in the country. This article uses the data collected to prove that human rights non-governmental organisations play a very minimal role in protecting and promoting human rights in Sri Lanka.

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