Sri Lanka will host a three-day Commonwealth regional seminar on Monday to improve the capabilities of parliamentarians to promote and protect human rights in Asia,
The seminar is to be held in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) with the focus of ‘Strengthening the role of Parliamentarians in the promotion and protection of human rights,” reports Colombo Page.
Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver a keynote address to open the seminar.
The Head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Karen McKenzie, said
“the regional seminar is part of our ongoing collaborative program of work with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.”
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