The 30th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) commences today amidst widespread calls for an international accountability process to deal with findings of the Office of the High Commissioner’s (OHCHR) Investigation into Sri Lanka (OISL).
Sri Lanka’s new government will face the council whilst having failed to gain the trust of the predominantly Tamil community in the heavily militarised North-East. Amidst reports of ongoing torture and sexual violence under the new government, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister is expected to work at the UNHRC session this month to garner support at the council to allow Sri Lanka to deal with the findings of the OISL report and ongoing human rights issues domestically.
Following a number of specific events at the UNHRC pertaining to human rights in Sri Lanka, the findings of the OISL report will be discussed by the council on October 02.
Keep an eye on Tamil Guardian over the next 3 weeks for updates from the 30th session of the UNHRC.
Also see our editorials: Promise of Justice (01 Sep 2015), Litmus Test (24 Aug 2015) and Demanding Demilitarisation (27 Feb 2015)
New film urges UN Human Rights Council to listen to Tamil calls for justice(10 Sep 2015)
'Sri Lanka: It’s Time to Turn Promises Into Action' - Taylor Dibbert (12 Sep 2015)
"Only international justice can be true justice" - Ceylon Teachers Union (11 Sep 2015)
Awareness campaign for international justice mechanism (10 Sep 2015)
New film urges UN Human Rights Council to listen to Tamil calls for justice (10 Sep 2015)
Signature campaign reaches Mannar (10 Sep 2015)
‘US stand on Sri Lanka perverts international justice’ – J. S. Tissainayagam (08 Sep 2015)
NPC unanimously calls for international tribunal (01 Sep 2015)
We will not accept US calls for domestic inquiry - TNA MP (31 Aug 2015)
Constituent TNA parties reject domestic investigation and reiterate call for international mechanism (31 Aug 2015)
War-affected Tamils call on US to support international accountability mechanism (28 Aug 2015)
TNA 'demanded international accountability mechanism' – M. A. Sumanthiran (28 Aug 2015)
International investigation is essential agree Tamil political parties across North-East(02 Aug 2015)
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