Mar 7, 2018
Today we release an update to our ‘Keep the Promise’ campaign, monitoring the government’s pledges to bring about a meaningful process of justice and reconciliation. Those pledges were contained in UN Human Rights Council Resolutions 30/1 and 34/1, which were adopted...
Mar 31, 2017
Last week, members of the UN Human Rights Council adopted another resolution on Sri Lanka – Resolution 34/1 – renewing the government’s pledges to deliver a meaningful process of justice and reconciliation. In this post, we briefly explain how and why the resolution...
Mar 8, 2017
Last Friday, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its long awaited written update on Sri Lanka – a review of the government’s progress in implementing its commitments on accountability, reconciliation and human rights, as agreed in...
Aug 2, 2016
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) met last month to discuss, among other things, Sri Lanka’s progress in implementing the process they agreed last September to build a lasting peace based upon justice. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid...
Jun 1, 2016
Today we are launching a new campaign urging the government of Sri Lanka to keep the promise it made to war survivors – and Sri Lanka at large – to address the legacy of the war and to embark on a meaningful process of reconciliation. Click here to sign...
