.: Multi – stakeholder dialogue on UPR implementation is being held at Colombo

Multi – stakeholder dialogue on UPR implementation is being held at the Renuka City Hotel on 22 and 23 of August 2018 in Colombo. Representatives of the UPR, CSO collective in Sri Lanka are participating with the delegates of @UPR info in Switzerland in the meeting. The aim of the dialogue is to identify a pathway for cooperation between government and civil society organizations in the implementation of Sri Lanka's 3rd cycle UPR recommendations. The CSO action strategies and suggested implementation plans developed at the Kandy workshop in December 2017 uses as a baseline for the discussions, which will be conducted in thematic break-out groups

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Multi – stakeholder dialogue on UPR implementation is being held at Colombo