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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 […]