Joint ACPR/PEARL Statement: Alleged War Criminal’s appointment as Chief of Staff to Sri Lankan army confirms lack of political will to address accountability and justice. Alleged War Criminal’s appointment as Chief of Staff to Sri Lankan Army confirms lack of political will to address accountability and justice. (Jaffna/Washington, 14 January 2019) The undersigned organisations strongly […]
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Surveillance, Harassment and Intimidation of Disappearances’ Activists in the North-East
(August 30, 2018 /Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research) I. Background Over the last two years, the issue of enforced disappearances has become an increasingly central topic in the conversation around human rights and transitional justice in Sri Lanka, largely due to the efforts of families of the disappeared from the North-East who have taken to […]
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International community’s ‘soft diplomacy’ approach to Sri Lanka has not worked
Issuing a statement calling the international community to re-prioritize accountability and justice in Sri Lanka number of Northern /Tamil civil society organisations says that the international community’s ‘soft diplomacy’ approach to Sri Lanka simply has not worked. The Sri Lankan government has made it clear time and time again, that they do not have the political will […]
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Report: Deep militarisation in Vanni
(ACPR). Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research, Jaffna, has released, “Civil Security Department: The Deep Militarisation of the Vanni”, a report examining the Civil Security Department’s establishment in the Vanni and its impact. Eight years after the war ended, and despite multiple promises to the international community to end military involvement in civilian activities, the Civil […]
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Joint Statement in solidarity with families of the disappeared protesting across the North-East
Joint Statement in solidarity with Families of the Disappeared for International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance August 30, 2017. Today marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances around the world. Today also marks the 192nd day of the ongoing roadside protest of families of the disappeared in Kilinochchi seeking truth and […]
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Sri Lanka: The OMP and immediate action needed to address ongoing mothers’ protests
Image: Despite the military harassment civil society is working on Mullivaikkaal commemoration, inscribing names of the disappeared on stones. Credit: Tamil Guardian As families of the disappeared pass the two-month mark of their roadside protests demanding answers to the whereabouts of their disappeared loved ones, and over eights months after the Sri Lankan government passed […]
