Cameron welcomes UNHRC resolution
David Cameron hailed a “victory for the people of Sri Lanka” on Thursday when the United Nations launched an inquiry into atrocities carried...
Tamil Civil Society Forum concerned at limitations of resolution
The Tamil Civil Society Forum (TCSF) has expressed concern that the resolution passed at the UN Human Rights Council today has a limited mandate...
Australia opposes UN resolution to conduct war crimes inquiry in Sri Lanka
Australia has voiced its opposition to an international investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka saying it is not convinced that the UN...
President tells AFP, Sri Lanka rejects UN rights probe
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse rejected Thursday's UN Human Rights Council resolution ordering a war crimes probe, telling AFP that he would instead press...
India: resolution intrusive, calls for national mechanism
Responding to questions regarding India’s abstention from the resolution tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council today, an Indian spokesman reiterated, for the...
‘Justice and accountability cannot wait’ says US Secretary of State Kerry
Commenting on the UN Human Rights Council’s decision to set up an investigation into human rights violations in Sri Lanka, US Secretary of...
UN Investigation’ by OHCHR to Promote reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva passed the Resolution on “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka”, with 23 of 47 states...
Facing a War Crimes Inquiry, Sri Lanka Continues to Vex the U.N
What to do with Sri Lanka? The island nation, triumphant after nearly three decades of war against ethnic separatists, has vexed the United...
TNA: We fully support this call for an investigation
Expressing its “full support” for the call for an international investigation into Sri Lanka’s mass atrocities in the UN Human Rights Council resolution tabled...
Congress party manifesto,for probe into Sri Lankan war crimes
Ahead of the Geneva meeting on Friday, the Congress party revealed its stance on Sri Lanka, saying it would push for a "credible, objective,...
Navi Pillay: ‘International inquiry is ‘essential’
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in a statement after presenting her report on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights...
Sri Lanka dismisses OHCHR report and rejects any resolutions on its findings
The Sri Lankan delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today, rejected the Human Rights Chief, Navi Pillay’s, conclusions and recomendations, outlining...
Sri Lanka faces toughest UN censure over war crimes
Sri Lanka faces fresh condemnation at the UN's top human rights body this week in a move that observers say could lead to an...
Swire: The time has come for a genuinely credible investigation with an international dimension
Speaking at a debate on Sri Lanka at the House of Commons on 25 March 2014, British Minister of State at the Foreign...
Supreme Court suspends NPC Chief Minister’s Standing Instructions
The Supreme Court on Monday suspended a directive by the Northern Provincial Council’s Chief Minister, CV Wigneswaran, on procedures to be followed henceforth by...