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The Law and Society Trust (LST) was established in 1982 as a research and advocacy organistion for the promotion of legal reforms for access to justice, human rights, and public accountability. They actively promote rights-based strategies in research, documentation and advocacy. LST sees this approach as highly relevant for building a society in which all citizens are treated justly and equally. This lays the foundation for LSTs’ work towards peacebuilding in Sri Lanka.LST works under three main programmes:Civil and political rights;Economic, social and cultural rights; andHuman rights in conflictDocumentation, activism and advocacy are carried out under all three programmes. Each performs the task of bridging the gap between the grassroots and the policy-making levels through skill-building and awareness-trainings. LST strengthens civil society networks and acts as a resource centre on human rights issues in Sri Lanka. Thus, networking and coalition-building is a key area of LST’s work.As a research and advocacy body, LST has an extensive “Information and Documentation Centre” and has periodic publications including a monthly journal. LST is a founding member of the Asian Forum on Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia) and South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR).source: http://www.insightonconflict.org/conflicts/sri-lanka/peacebuilding-organisations/lst/