President Sirisena dissolves Parliament

UK notes Sri Lanka did very little five years after the war

The British Government today noted that Sri Lanka did very little to address human rights concerns, five years after the war. The UK Ambassador to Geneva?Julian Braithwaite said in a few months? time it will be the tenth anniversary of the end of the protracted armed conflict in Sri Lanka, a conflict in which many thousands of people died. “This was a period in which serious human rights violations and abuses are reported to have been committed by both parties and in which people from all of S

21 Mar, 2019

UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka passed without a vote

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution on Sri Lanka was passed without a vote in Geneva today. The Resolution was presented by the Core Group on Sri Lanka and was cosponsored by Sri Lanka and several other countries. UNHRC member countries did not seek a vote on the Resolution and as a result it was passed without a vote. Titled “Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka” the Resolution gives Sri Lanka another two years to fully implement Resolution 30/1 o

21 Mar, 2019

In Geneva India tells Sri Lanka to fully implement 13th Amendment

At the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva India called on Sri Lanka to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Ambassador Rajiv K. Chander, the Permanent Representative of India said that as Sri Lanka?s closest neighbour, India cannot remain untouched by developments in Sri Lanka. “India has always supported efforts to preserve Sri Lanka?s character as a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious society that accommodates aspirations of all sections of socie

20 Mar, 2019