Sri Lanka panel backs hybrid courts for investigation of war crimes
A Sri Lankan panel of the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms has recommended the appointment of a hybrid court composed of local and international judges to oversee the adjudication of allegations of war crimes committed...
UN rights committee orders Sri Lanka to compensate Canadian torture victim
The UN Human Rights Committee has ordered the Sri Lankan government to provide Canadian Roy Samathanam with "adequate compensation" for his unlawful detention and torture. The committee determined that Sri Lanka needed...
The UN Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye , on Thursday urged the Sri Lankan government to better protect minorities following the civil war. Izsák-Ndiaye advised that for true change to take place a concerted...
HRW: extrajudicial executions by police threaten security in Rio de Janeiro
Extrajudicial killings by police threaten over-all security in Rio de Janeiro, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a 109-page report released Thursday. HRW says officials have "not done enough" to address these executions ahead of...
The Parliament of Sri Lanka passed the "Right to Information" Bill Friday. The bill, introduced in March, was passed to encourage the public to combat corruption and hold its government accountable. The Act contains...
UN rights expert: Sri Lanka investigators still using torture
A UN human rights experts on Saturday said that detainees in Sri Lanka are still experiencing torture as a tactic used by criminal and terrorism investigators seven years after the country's civil war ended. The comments were made ...
UN rights chief urges Sri Lanka government to locate missing civilians
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged the Sri Lankan government to investigate and locate thousands of civilians that went missing during the nation's civil war. Speaking at the end...
UN delegation: Sri Lanka has opportunity to provide rights to disappeared citizens
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, a delegation of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced Wednesday that Sri Lanka has an opportunity to properly address the rights...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that police forces in Sri Lanka regularly torture and ill-treat criminal suspects in custody. HRW Asia director Brad Adams said, "he Sri Lankan police treat the use of torture...
A Sri Lankan panel led by retired judge Maxwell Paranagama presented a report to parliament on Tuesday, concluding that allegations that Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes are credible. He said that there is enough evidence in...
