Tag Archives: HumanRights

Centre for a Smart Future and Max Planck Foundation Support Launch of Sri Lanka’s Business and Human Rights Guidelines

Sri Lanka’s first national guidelines on business and human rights were launched last week (18 [...]

Workshop discussing detention monitoring frameworks held with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka

This third workshop concludes the successful series of workshops held with the Human Rights Commission [...]

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’ [...]

Three-year initiative in Kyrgyzstan comes to a close

The Foundation and its partners hosted a closing ceremony for the Monitoring for Justice project. [...]

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 [...]

Third Interregional Conference on the Somali Constitutional Review Process

Federal Member State representatives and constitutional bodies convene to discuss proposed amendments to Chapters 10 [...]

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 [...]