Language Right

Administration and Daily Life

Numerous cases exist among Government officials including Grama Niladharis not knowing the language spoken by the people of their own division, resulting in the lack of an official whom one can address in one’s own language, when visiting government department. Routine procedures from lodging a...

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Access to Information

Signage- Though accepted that all government institutions, particularly in bilingual areas, should h...

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Access to Education

Sri Lanka’s public education system has included teaching in both Sinhala and Tamil even since col...

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Access to Justice

At any stage of the judicial process, where an accused is unable to defend him/herself in his/her mo...

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