Sri Lanka’s first national guidelines on business and human rights were launched by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) supported by CSF and Max Planck Foundation. It will help strengthen responsible business conduct in Sri Lanka and ensure human rights considerations are integrated into business practices.

CSF, in collaboration with iSocial Bangladesh, convened a webinar on 10th June 2026 to contribute a regional perspective to the global conversation on decent work in the platform economy, with speakers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and UK. The discussion coincided with the ILO’s 114th International Labour Conference in Geneva, where deliberations on a landmark convention on platform work were underway.

Platforms’ greatest promise is that they have created new freedoms for work – that gig workers get to work how they want, when they want, and earn as they like. But increasingly, this elegant outlook is being tested, as a more nuanced understanding has emerged on this type of work, and several countries have introduced new laws and protections.