Image: On the memorial wall, International day for the disappeared 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
In a televised statement issued on 28 June 2020 Prime Minister...
The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) was established under the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration, and Discharge of Functions) Act, No. 14 of...
Unrealized government commitments to pursue truth, justice and reparations, continued impunity for violations and abuses, compromised freedoms of religion and expression characterized 2019 for...
(January 26, 2020)
Last week, President Gotabaya Rajapakse had told U.N. Resident Coordinator Ms. Hanaa Singer that those reported missing from the war are “actually...
(OFFICE ON MISSING PERSONS/MEDIA RELEASE/15 January 2020)
Recent media reports have claimed that the government plans to review the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration...
Image: Trinco Navy camp where abducted 11 youth were held.
The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) has decided to raise their concerns with President Maithripala...
On the tenth anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s three decade-long internal armed conflict, Amnesty International calls on the government of Sri Lanka...
Image; Families of the disappeared persons continue their campaign for justice.
(Colombo Gazette/March 11, 2019 ) The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) welcomes the inclusion of...
Executive Summary:
The establishment of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) marks a significant milestone in the efforts of the Government of Sri Lanka to address...
In its first interim report, the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) recommended the government to suspend state officials including members of the armed forces...
5. Urgent Recommendations
40. A key objective of the OMP is to make recommendations to relevant authorities in order to reduce the number of incidents...
(Friday, August 31, 2018.) The Office of Missing Persons (OMP) recommends the Government to pay a subsistence allowance to the family members of the missing...
Image: Protesters blocked the entrance to the OMP meeting in Kilinochchi. (Vikalpa photo)
The government has established an Office of Missing Persons (OMP) and is...
Image: by SP Pushpakanthan.
Can the Office of Missing Persons provide answers in a country with the world's second highest number of disappearances?
by Drew...
Image:Ravinatha Aryasinha.
Speaking at the adoption of Sri Lanka UPR report at the 37th session of the UNHRC, Permanent Representative Ambassador to the UN, Geneva listed...
Image: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman meeting with TNA. ( Asian tribune)
On March 11, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman...
Image: Jeffrey Feltman addresses a press conference in Colombo on March 3, 2015. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/GETTY/CBS.
(AFP) The UN's political chief on Sunday condemned anti-Muslim violence that...
Image: Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu ( Lake house photo)
The aftermath of the local government election has been fraught with political tension and the uncertainties of coalition...
Image: President’s Counsel Saliya Peiris.
President’s Counsel Saliya Peiris, has been now appointed as the Chairperson of the OMP, government controlled Daily News reports. Mr. Saliya...
Image: A protesting mother showing the mobile phone number her son called her in 2012 from undisclosed detention center. ( Vikalpa photo)
(February 20, 2018) ...
At the recently concluded 21st meeting of the European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission Sri Lanka’s reaffirmed commitment to establishing the remaining mechanisms aimed at truth...
(SLB/19th Dec 2017) According to informed sources president Sirisena has not approved the nominated list of commissioners by the Constitutional Council (CC) for the...
Image: Zeid teld Sirisena that he will be more satisfied if this journey of Sri Lankan government will be speeded up.(Photo credit :PMD)
(PMD News) Sri Lanka’s reconciliation...
Brigadier K. K. S. Parakum of Mechanized Infantry Regiment has entered the Sampathnuwara District Hospital a few days ago and threatened the medical staff...
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