Human Rights Council

Sri Lanka, while disagreeing with coercive international action, rejected the resolution 60/L.1/Rev.1 presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Genève. Speaking during the 60th session of the UNHRC, Ambassador and Permanent…

The European Union (EU) is concerned over the continued use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in Sri Lanka while recognizing on-going steps towards repealing the legislation. Speaking at the 60th session of the Human Rights…

The 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will be extremely decisive for Sri Lanka, former Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) Attorney-at-Law Prathibha Mahanamahewa stated. The 60th…

The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a resolution on Sri Lanka to enable continued UN monitoring, reporting, and evidence collection of rights violations for future prosecutions, Human Rights Watch said today. HRW said…

During the 57th session of the Human Rights Council’s interactive dialogue on the OHCHR report on Sri Lanka, the European Union (EU) delivered a statement welcoming the report on the human rights situation in the country. “The EU…