UN Working Group on disappearances

Ampara, Batticaloa, Districts, Human Rights, Human Security, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Transitional Justice, Trincomalee

Civil Society in the East appeal to UNWGEID for Demilitarisation

Featured image courtesy RightsNow Members of civil society, including families of those disappeared in Batticaloa, Ampara and Trincomalee have come together to issue a statement to the UN Working Group on Enforced and…

Groundviews on 11/20/201511/20/2015

Districts, Human Rights, Jaffna, Mannar, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Vavuniya

Disappearances in Sri Lanka and the visit of the UN Working Group on Disappearances

Picture from ICMP In the 35 year history of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (“WGEID”), Sri Lanka ranks number two, shamefully, in the numbers of disappearance cases…

Ruki Fernando on 11/11/2015