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YAHAPALANA AND THE ‘GENEVA RESOLUTIONS’ PT 2

By KAMALIKA PIERIS The Human Rights Council of the UN is, as its name indicates, the UN body which deals with human rights. The human rights position of all UN member countries come up before the HRC on periodic review, every four years. HRC has no power over UN member...

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Betraying our heritage by throttling Wilpattu

By Rukshan Jayewardene   Speech made by Rukshan Jayewardene at the end of the “Protect Wilpattu” protest on Friday.   I am speaking to you not as the honorary president of the Wild Life and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka but in my personal capacity as a conservationist who...

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CTF recommendations to address accountability

By Neville Ladduwahetty   In the wake of the most recent challenge by Lord Naseby in the House of Lords to the oft touted claim of 40,000 civilian deaths, the former Secretary to the Consultative Task Force for Reconciliation Mechanisms, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu has called for setting up a Truth,...