PDF Format: Lesson series: Due Process Rights: Campaigning for Legal Reforms

Sub-theme: Campaigning for Legal Reforms

Specific Issue: What people can do to ensure that available money is spent on necessary legal reforms

Example: In Sri Lanka, there is now a lot of money available for Legal Reforms (see news item below)

In this lesson the following 3 questions will be discussed:

1. What difference can this money make to much-needed reforms?
2. What can the people do?

1. Get to know the government plans for reforms
2. Make suggestions and influence the process of reforms; monitor the reform process

3. A short reference to the Recommendations Made by the Asian Human Rights Commission and Vigil Lanka Movement On Legal Reforms