UNHRC resolution

International Relations, Issues, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Ongoing UNHRC session: What’s in store for Sri Lanka?

The term ‘painfully slow progress’ has become a standard descriptor for Sri Lanka’s overall pace of implementation of UNHRC resolution A/HRC/30/1 in Geneva. It has been two years since Sri Lanka cosponsored…

Sunanda Deshapriya on 09/25/201709/25/2017

Human Rights, Issues, Politics and Governance, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

Flip-flopping on accountability: A timeline

Featured image courtesy The Wire/Ishara K The topic of international involvement in Sri Lanka’s accountability process, specifically the participation of foreign judges, is controversial and hotly contested. The UNHRC resolution, co-sponsored by…

Raisa Wickrematunge on 07/16/201608/01/2020