Jan 31, 2023
On Wednesday 1st February, the Sri Lankan government will undergo its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. You can watch it here between 9:30-12:30 Geneva time. The UPR is a quadrennial review which allows member states to...
Aug 24, 2022
Sri Lanka Campaign would like to thank Risa Thevakumaran for her hard work researching for and designing the infographics used in this article. In recent months, Sri Lanka has been rocked by an economic, social, and political crisis. Whilst the situation on the ground...
Nov 23, 2021
On 2 June 2020, whilst the Sri Lankan parliament had been dissolved since March pending delayed elections, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced the formation of two new Presidential Taskforces. One of these Taskforces, ‘for Archaeological Heritage Management in the...
Oct 30, 2020
This October marks thirty years since the entire population of Muslims living in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka were expelled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Yet thirty years on, there has been no organised government initiative or adequate support...
Oct 4, 2018
We are pleased to announce the re-launch of our Ethical Tourism Campaign, a resource pack designed to help those visiting Sri Lanka make informed choices about the human rights impacts of their travel spending. In it, we flag a range of tourism companies which...
