Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America
Introduction of Draft Resolution L.2 on Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka
Delivered by Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
Human Rights Council 19th Session
Geneva,
March 22, 2012: The United States is pleased to introduce draft resolution L.2, on Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka for consideration and approval by […]

There is an ongoing media campaign against some key Human Rights workers and the NGOs who have spoken out in favor of the proposed resolution on Sri Lanka at the sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The campaign to vilify and incite hatred
towards these NGOs and human rights activists in the context […]

20 March 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: That signboards are in Tamil on most buses plying in the North and East, and in Sinhala on those outside of these two provinces, was the basis of four submissions to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka made by Lionel Guruge on behalf of the Centre for Policy […]

Statement made at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. 20/3/2012
La Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense
des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO)
Item – 9
General Debate on Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up on and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
20 March 2012
Statement by Visuvalingam KIRUPAHARAN
Madam President
The present […]

Statement
A vote on the US-sponsored resolution aimed at promoting reconciliation in Sri Lanka is scheduled to take place later this week at the conclusion of the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Bitterness
and rancor have accompanied the debate in Geneva.
The thrust of the proposed resolution in Geneva is the implementation of […]

An Urgent Appeal by Indian Activists and Advocates to the Indian Government to Support the UN Resolution on Sri Lanka at the 19th Human Rights Council Sessions
STATEMENT
We, the undersigned, call upon the Indian Government to take action with regards to the situation in Sri Lanka through supporting the US-sponsored resolution at the on-going 19th Session of the […]

In a statement from Geneva , Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha , Presidential Adviser on Reconciliation, responded to claims in the latest Channel 4 film on Sri Lanka . Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha is currently Chair of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and was re-elected
leader of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka .
Responding to Channel 4’s […]

13th March 2012: ‘Lawyers for Democracy’ (LfD) is gravely concerned with the breakdown of law and order and the rising cases of abductions in Sri Lanka. On 11th March 2012 media reported of the failed incident of a ‘white van’ abduction in Kolonnawa/ Wellampitiya where the suspects were subsequently handed to the police by the public. […]

The last few weeks have witnessed increased activity by the Government of Sri Lanka inannouncing various measures recently taken and to be taken to strengthen
human rights,peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka including the implementation of some interim andfinal recommendations of its own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission(LLRC) issued in September 2010 and November 2011, respectively. […]

The end of the brutal 30 year old war brought with it a hope of reconciliation, peace, development and equality for all. However in the last three years the Sri Lankan State’s lack of commitment to these basic principles have left
women in the North and East in a vulnerable position. The lack of livelihood, safety […]