Update: On March 27, 2014, the UN Human Rights Council passed ... to move forward on an issue of increasing international concern,” said de Rivero. “Sri Lanka should seize the moment and ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk will visit to Sri Lanka from June 23 to 26. This marks the first visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Sri Lanka since ...

Negotiations over another UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka are ongoing, with many issues unresolved. The Sri Lankan government has successfully bid for a delay in the release of a U ...

Negotiations over another UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka are ongoing, with many issues unresolved. The 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) began over a week ago ...

Photo courtesy of OHCHR As issues of international law dominate headlines globally, The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council has renewed its ... of human rights issues. Pakistan called the resolution “intrusive”. Sri Lanka’s neighbour India, which has extended the most ...

An official clarification that the Darusman Report holds no legal or institutional standing; A formal nullification of the ...

Sri Lanka claimed on Sunday there was a “division” among members of the UN Human Rights Council over a U.S.-backed resolution and termed it a victory for the country. Sri Lankan President’s ...

China's support came three days after Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on February 24 made a fervent appeal to the member states of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to reject ...

India on Monday expressed concern at the UN Human Rights Council about Sri Lanka’s ... lack of measurable progress by Government of Sri Lanka on their commitments of a political solution to the ethnic ...

(Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should maintain its rigorous scrutiny of Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights situation and press for genuine improvements, Human Rights Watch ...

On March 22 the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC ... The US has exploited the issue of “human rights” in Sri Lanka to put pressure on the Colombo government by leaving open the ...