Mar 21, 2013
The Human Rights Council has once again passed a resolution on Sri Lanka. The vote was proposed by 42 nations. Austria, Belgium*, Bulgaria*, Canada*, Croatia*, Denmark*, Estonia, Finland*, France*, Georgia*, Germany, Greece*, Hungary*, Iceland*, Ireland, Italy,...
Mar 4, 2013
Last week we and a group of other organisations ran a couple of initiatives designed to raise the profile of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka on Twitter. On Wednesday the President’s envoy on human rights Mahinda Samarasinghe delivered his speech and we were on...
Mar 22, 2012
The Human Rights Council today voted in favour of a motion criticising Sri Lanka’s shortcomings on accountability. This is a very good start, but it is just a start. We need to keep up the pressure to make sure there is real change. The call for an independent...
