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Posted on March 5th, 2021 By Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D. It is sad that the UNHRC has now forgotten why such a council was ever established.  This is clear when the Commissioner of UNHRC has called upon member States  to  refer  the situation in Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court(ICC) and  ‘actively pursue extra territorial or universal jurisdictionand persecute international crimes committed by all parties in Sri Lanka’(Sunday Times.sl:31/1/2021)   It is important to note that this  directive from the Commissioner of the  Human Rights Coun...

Imesh Ranasinghe A cabal of state officials and their close associates in the business community have been making important government decisions bypassing the prime minister and the cabinet of ministers, National People’s Power (NPP) MP Dr Harini Amarasuriya said. These individuals are not accountable to parliament and, as a result, the legislature has weakened since the advent of the 20th amendment to the constitution, she said. Speaking to reporters this morning, Amarasuriya said that despite a large number of ministers and state ministers in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) govern...