To give force to the commitment of Sri Lanka as a member of the United Nations in protecting human rights, and to perform the duties and obligations imposed on Sri Lanka by various international treaties at international level; as well as to maintain the standards set out under the Paris Principles in 1996 the Government of Sri Lanka formulate. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is an indepe
ndent Commission, which was set up to promote and protect human rights in the country. Prior to the establishment of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), two different institutions had been promulgated under emergency regulations; the Human Rights Task Force (HRTF) to prevent illegal arrest and detention and the Commission for Eliminating Discrimination & Monitoring of Human Rights (CEDMHR) to prevent discrimination.
