Pablo de Greiff

GENEVA / COLOMBO (23 October 2017) – The Government of Sri Lanka has not made sufficient progress in fulfilling its commitments on transitional justice and related reform processes, a UN human rights expert has concluded after an official visit to the country. Pablo de Greiff, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and […]

Image: a banner calling for more UN involvement in ri Lanka’s TJ process was there to greet Pablo de Greiff in Jaffna.  To Ensure Non-Recurrence UN’s Direct Involvement in the Transitional Justice Initiatives of Sri Lanka is a must, says North East Coordinating Committee in their report to the visiting Pablo de Greiff, the UN Special Rapporteur […]

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Pablo de Greiff, will carry out an official visit to Sri Lanka from 10 to 23 October 2017, to examine the progress made in redressing the legacies of massive past violations and abuses, including those that resulted from […]

Image: Pablo de Greiff (UN photo). First, there are plenty of accomplishments to celebrate in the field of transitional justice, a term, which as on previous occasions, I will use to refer to the implementation of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence after serious violations of human rights and gross violations of international humanitarian law.   […]

By Jehan Perera. The resolution passed by the Northern Provincial Council accusing successive Sri Lankan governments of committing acts of genocide against the Tamil people came a few weeks before the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva in March this year. It also asked the UN to set up an investigation into Genocide in […]