Sri Lanka, on Wednesday (09), rejected the draft resolution which was tabled before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seeking to extend the mandate of Resolution 51/1 on promoting ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a strong resolution on Sri Lanka that strengthens current UN mandates on accountability for crimes under international law and monitors the ...

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Zeid al Ra’ad Hussein, in his opening remarks at the council on September 11, 2017, highlighted Sri Lanka’s lack of progress, and called on the ...

We the undersigned leaders of Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka are jointly writing to you about the current draft resolution on Sri Lanka circulated by you at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan diplomat has briefed the president of the U.N. Human Rights Council on the government's decision to withdraw from a 2015 resolution calling for an ...

Sri Lanka rejects the UNHRC resolution (51/1) against Sri Lanka, Cabinet Spokesman and Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said yesterday. Addressing the media in Colombo, Herath said, “We do not accept ...

Last week, a “Core Group on Sri Lanka” presented a resolution to the ongoing UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting in Geneva. The resolution focuses on human rights issues, including war ...

Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Wednesday that the government has decided to withdraw from co-sponsorship of a 2015 U.N. Human Rights Council resolution calling for the investigation of ...

The resolution on Sri Lanka was adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva today with 22 voting for, 11 against it and 14 abstentions. ..

Sri Lanka will need to show it is still talking to bondholders in good faith in order to secure the next $330mn tranche of the IMF programme, which is up for review in March.

Sri Lanka has been given some breathing space in a new resolution tabled at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. ..

Making a statement at UNHRC sessions in Geneva, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mohan Pieris said that Resolution 51/1 was tabled without Sri Lanka’s consent as the country ...