Nov 14, 2017
What’s happening this week? Tomorrow, 15th November between 2.30-6pm (local time), the government of Sri Lanka will undergo its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. You can watch it here. The UPR is a four-yearly process...
Nov 12, 2012
Sri Lanka appeared before the United Nations Universal Periodic Review last week – a four yearly stock-take of their human rights record. You can see the video here: Sri Lanka’s response to the process was extraordinarily belligerent. Sri Lanka rejected...
Oct 31, 2012
Tomorrow, the 1st of November, between 2:30 and 6pm, Geneva time (so at 9:30 in New York, 13:30 in London, 19:00 in Colombo & Delhi) Sri Lanka will undergo its second Universal Periodic Review. This four yearly process allows the Human Rights Council to...