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The Law & Society Trust is a non-profit making body committed to improving public awareness on civil and political rights; social, economic and cultural rights and equal access to justice. The Trust is also concerned with the consideration and improvement of professional skills within the legal community. The Trust has taken a leading role in promoting co-operation between government and society within South Asia on questions relating to human rights, democracy and minority protection and has participated in initiatives to develop a global intellectual and policy agenda.
The Law & Society Trust was set up in Colombo in 1982 to initiate studies and activities on law, its processes and institutions and was subsequently incorporated in 1992 under the Companies Act No. 17 of 1982.
The Trust designs activities and programmes, and commissions studies and publications, which have attempted to make the law play a more meaningful role within society. The Trust also utilises law as a resource in the battle against underdevelopment and poverty, and is involved in the organization of a series of programmes to improve access to the mechanisms of justice, as well as programmes aimed at members of the legal community, to use law as a tool for social change. These include publications, workshops, seminars and symposia. |
