Category Archives: LK-2024

Foundation conducts workshop for lawyers in Sri Lanka on human rights and lawyering in times of crisis

From 17-19 October, a workshop focusing on ‘Human Rights and Lawyering in Times of Crisis’ [...]

Foundation convenes workshop for judges of the Magistrates’ and District Courts of Sri Lanka

Judges from the Magistrates’ and District Courts attended a workshop on ‘A Rights-Based Approach to [...]

Workshop on Best Practices for Parliamentary Research and Legislative Scrutiny for Staff of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

The Max Planck Foundation organised a three-day workshop for officials of the Department of Legislative [...]

Second Judicial Dialogue with Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka

From 29-31 August 2025, the Foundation and its partners hosted a Judicial Dialogue in Dambulla. [...]

‘Just Judges’ – A public lecture by Lady Brenda Hale

The Sri Lanka Judges’ Institute, together with the Max Planck Foundation, organised its first-ever public [...]

Foundation convenes workshop for Judges of the High Court of Sri Lanka

High Court judges attended a workshop on ‘A Rights-Based Approach to Judicial Decision-Making in Times [...]

The Foundation’s Activity Report 2024 is now available online

The Max Planck Foundation publishes its 2024 Activity Report. The Activity Report 2024 provides an [...]

Foundation holds second workshop on Standard Operating Procedures for the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka

From 14 – 15 July 2025, the Max Planck Foundation held the second in a [...]

Seminar on Rule of Law Benchmarks for Legislative Scrutiny held for Committee Members of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

The Max Planck Foundation organised a discussion series for Members in partnership with the Parliament [...]

Foundation holds workshop for lawyers in Sri Lanka on human rights and lawyering in times of crisis

From 4-6 April, a workshop focusing on “Human Rights and Lawyering in Times of Crisis” [...]