Zeid urges creation of hybrid special court in Sri Lanka integrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators, as an essential step towards justice
The UN report* published today 16 September 2015 has identified patterns of grave violations in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, strongly indicating that war crimes and crimes...
TNA, civil society hail proposals
The proposals made by Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Monday to address Tamil grievances have evoked appreciation generally. Mr. Samaraweera, while speaking at...
Sri Lanka has the potential to constitute an example for the region and for the world of how a sustainable peace ought to be achieved
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on transitional justice, Pablo de Greiff, in a statement made during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council...
A bridge to Sri Lanka
Call it the “Ram Setu” or “Hanuman Bridge”, the stretch of low-lying banks that connect India to Sri Lanka across the Palk Strait is very...
Sign Rome Statute for ICC Probe
In the context of the on-going proceedings of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva, in which Sri Lanka is facing charges of committing...
PM vows more powers
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said his government was looking at devolution of power to ethnic Tamils under the provisions of the...
Tamil leaderes reject truth commission
Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils on Tuesday rejected government plans for a truth commission to promote reconciliation after decades of ethnic war, insisting on an international...
Modi Stresses on Deeper Defence Ties with Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday discussed a wide range of issues, including reconciliation of Tamils, defence ties...
America’s Sri Lankan Dilemma
Mangala Samaraweera, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, is a persuasive and very probably sincere man. On Monday, he delivered a keynote speech to the opening session...