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The Foreign Ministry has accused the UNHRC of resorting to punitive, politicised, divisive, unhelpful action against Sri Lanka due to extraneous reasons. The OHCHR has now established a “Sri Lanka Accountability Project” citing resolution 46/1, in a situation where the language of OP6 (Operative Paragraph) in resolution 46/1 only sought to “strengthen the capacity of […]

Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Children and Violence - 49th HRC session Thank you, Mr. President, The…

AFTERNOON Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities, on the theme of statistics and data collection under article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food.

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka outbound travellers will need to pay 25- 27 percent more when booking airline tickets as the rupee continues to depreciate against dollar, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. With the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) deciding to let the rupee float, it depreciated further against the dollar as was quoted […]

By Chitra Weerarathne Former Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Shani Abeysekera, has filed a fundamental rights violation petition in the Supreme Court complaining that he could be unduly arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday bomb blasts of 21 April 2019. He has said he was not aware that such a disaster was going […]

By Chitra Weerarathne The Colombo High Court had not reasonably treated accused appellant Upali Liyanage in respect of computer evidence, the accused appellant had complained to the Court of Appeal. Sanjeewa Jayawardene, President’s Counsel, on Monday submitted to the Court of Appeal, that according to the Interpretation Special Provisions Law that an accused who sought […]

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva was established in June 1965. The first Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Mr Rex Koelmeyer presented credentials on 23 June 1965.The present Ambassador/Permanent Representative H.E. Mr. Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials on 19 July 2012. The Mission functions as the Permanent delegation of Sri Lanka to all UN and other international organizations in Switzerland including the World Tra...

Igor Jukič, Director-General for Multilateral Affairs and Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, addressed the participants of the third conference on international cooperation in the field of water, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. The representatives of ministries and Slovenian experts discussed priorities and possible new forms of cooperation based on Slovenian knowledge and good practices.

Ahead of the 49th session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Sri Lanka updated New Delhi-based diplomats on action taken to counter allegations of human rights violations.Foreign Minister, Prof. G.L. Peiris addressed the diplomatic ...

The 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council will take place from 28 February to 1 April, 2022 in Geneva. During the Session the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will present a written update on Sri Lanka to the Council and there will be an Interactive Dialogue on Sri Lanka on 3