.: Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Preparation Workshop

On 11th and 12th Sept. NAFSO with the assistance of UPR Info, Switzerland conducted a orientation workshop on UPR report precentations and deplomatic dialogues. Submitted UPR report to the UN-HCR by Sri Lanka civil society will be precented to deplomats during the sessions to be conductedin in Colombo on 13th Sept, in Delhi on 14 to 16th Sept and at Geneva in October.

Presentations wil be conducted on the HR issues regarding Women and Gender, Marginalized groups, Rule of Law, Plantation community and Land reforms.

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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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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Preparation Workshop