Feb 18, 2015
The Human Rights Council has agreed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ request to postpone the publication of the UN investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka (OISL) until September. The High Commissioner made this request due to “the possibility that...
Mar 27, 2014
The Sri Lanka Campaign was founded nearly five years ago with four key objectives. The first was the establishment of an independent international investigation. Today that objective was achieved. The Human Rights Council has voted for the High...
Mar 5, 2014
In a statement released today in the Mail and Guardian (South Africa) Archbishop Desmond Tutu and 38 Human Rights activists and organisations from around the world demanded that the UN Human Rights Council set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate war...
Feb 25, 2014
We are launching a petition calling on the Human Rights Council to mandate an international investigation in Sri Lanka, as well as a specific version of that petition tailored to the UK asking David Cameron to keep the promises he made to that effect at the time of...
Mar 21, 2013
Today is the start of something special. The Human Rights Council has once again condemned Sri Lanka’s human rights record, this time in even more damning terms. This is great news for everyone who cares about Sri Lanka – but to turn it into meaningful...
