Last month, Sri Lanka witnessed some of the worst violence in recent memory, as mobs of Sinhalese Buddhist hardliners rampaged through the streets of Ampara and Kandy attacking Muslim homes, businesses and places of worship. Over the course of several days, hundreds...
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...
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...
