Abstract:
Fundamental Rights are included in the Constitution of Sri Lanka. There are several
institutional bodies which act against violations of Fundamental Rights. This study is focused
on examining whether the public possesses a substantial awareness about the functions of
institutions mandated to act against and resolve violations of Fundamental Rights which the
main objective.Sub objective of this study is to make public aware of Fundamental Rights,
institutions to which they can report violations, and how to get legal assistance. Primary and
secondary data have been used for the study. Primary Data were gathered from questionnaires
distributed among randomly selected sample of 75 residents from Mudungoda Grama
Niladhari Division in Gampaha Divisional Secretariat and they were interviewed individually
in order get an idea as their personal attitude regarding the research problem. The secondary
data have been collected from related articles, of printed media, websites, and books. The
research is mostly based on quantitative data while qualitative aspects also have been
revealed for same extent. According to the study, it was concluded the study revealed that
73% of the sample do not possess a satisfactory awareness about the institutions where they
can report or resolve violations of Fundamental Rights.
