Bribery Commission files case against Sajin Vass

UN committee on rights of migrants to review Sri Lanka

The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is to review Sri Lanka next month. The Committee is meeting in Geneva from 29 August to 7 September to review: Honduras (29-30 August), Niger (30-31 August), Nicaragua (31 August -1 September), and Sri Lanka (1-2 September). The countries under review?are among the 48 States Parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Fa

22 Aug, 2016

Wigneswaran to meet Ranil to discuss concerns

Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran is to meet Prime Minister Ranul Wickremeinghe to discuss concerns on former LTTE members. Wigneswaran told the Colombo Gazette that he is expected to meet the Prime Minister tomorrow in Colombo following an invitation extended to him. He said that he will discuss the allegation that former LTTE cadres who were released after being rehabilitated, had been injected with a?poisonous drug. Wigneswaran said that he will also discuss concerns over th

22 Aug, 2016

Human Rights Commission wants OMP to be victim-centred

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka says the legal framework of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) would have had greater legitimacy if it was enacted after the on-going public consultations process so that the insights and concerns of the affected families could have been incorporated. Dr. Deepika Udagama, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka noted the importance of ensuring future mechanisms incorporate and reflect the concerns and insights of victims and affected

22 Aug, 2016