Image: The 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opened in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 10. (Source: AFP) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, October 1, 2018. In early-September 2018, former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa proclaimed that his government’s fight against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) should not be considered an ‘ethnic war’, as ‘military […]
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Speak to us, not to the cowards of Sri Lanka Government, Sarath Weerasekara tells Rights Commissioner
Image: Sarath Weerasekara addressing the HRC 39. Making an intervention under the agenda item 6 of the on going 39th session of the Human Rights Council, former Rear Admiral of Sri Lanka Navy, Saratha Weerasekara asked Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet not to speak to the cowards of this Government but to speak to them. Sarath Weerasekara is […]
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Lack of progress in delivering key steps risks undermining reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka – Core group at HRC 39
The Human Rights Council takes place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This statement is delivered on behalf of Germany, Macedonia, Montenegro and the UK as members of the Sri Lanka core group. We welcome further recent steps Sri Lanka has taken to implement commitments made to the Council in 2015 and 2017. We […]
