The Law and Society Trust (LST) is a non-profit organization which is engaged in human rights documentation, legal research, and advocacy. The Trust aims to use rights based strategies in research, documentation, and advocacy in order to promote and protect human rights, enhance public accountability and respect for the rule of law. Some of LST's main activities include legal education and skills training, publications, rights awareness raising, dissemination of information, networking, and coalition building at a national and international level. LST has three programs: Civil and Political Rights Programme; the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Programme; and the Human Rights in Conflict Programme.