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The International Labour Organization (ILO), together with the Judges Institute of Sri Lanka and the Labour Tribunal Presidents Association organised a Symposium on International Labour Standards on 13 and 14 November.
The Chief Guest at the Symposium was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court K. Sripavan who attended the first day of the program and inaugurated the event. Speaking at the event he emphasised the need for maturity, impartiality and speed in carrying out justice and stated that the Judiciary should necessarily adopt a critical attitude towards itself. Quoting former Chief Justice Sir Edward Jayathilake, he said that “people give us the highest respect because we are judges, if we do not dispense justice our office alone does not entitle us to that respect”.The symposium was also attended by Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Priyasanth Dep and former Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Suresh Chandra.
From left: Supreme Court Chief Justice K. Sripavan, ILO Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Donglin Li, Labour Tribunal Presidents Association President K.S. Pathirana and Labour Tribunal President – Colombo S. Ranasinghe
In his address Justice Dep highlighted the need for establishing a set of uniform procedures for labour tribunals in order to maintain consistency across the system. He stated that these procedures should necessarily be simplified in order to prevent disadvantages particularly to the employees. On the second day of the symposium Justice Suresh Chandra led the discussion on a set of draft procedural guidelines/regulations for Labour Tribunal Presidents.
Speaking at this event ILO Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Donglin Li requested the participants to make use of this opportunity to share knowledge on the international labour standards and domestic legislations, to learn experiences from each other and to build capacity for promoting harmonious industrial relations.
