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Families Disappear in Sri Lanka: Canada had enough January 29, 2021 Canada’s Foreign Minister Marc Garneau “We specifically urge you this request after losing any hope to get justice for our disappeared relatives including our disappeared babies and children” Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged UN Human Rights Council Member States to take steps to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC). ” In a letter to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau, Families of the Disappeared have urged him to refer Sri Lanka to the Internatio...

"We specifically urge you this request after losing any hope to get justice for our disappeared relatives including our disappeared babies and children"

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Urged to Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court by Families of Disappeared News Provided By January 29, 2021, 19:49 GMT Share This Article UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab "We specifically urge you this request after losing any hope to get justice for our disappeared relatives including our disappeared Babies and Children" Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged UN Human Rights Council Member States to take steps to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC). ” —...

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that 5,157 persons belonging to 1,590 families in five districts have been affected due to the adverse weather conditions affecting the Northern Province. The DMC said that the floods were caused by overflowing tanks in the Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya districts due to continuous heavy rains, causing 108 houses

news Look beyond Wilpattu Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The entrance to Wilpattu National Park © Provided by Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka held in the case C.A. WRIT 291/2015 - which is now better known as the Wilpattu judgement, that the re-settlement of the IDPs in an area of over 3,000 Ha from Marichchikaddi, Kallaru, Vilaththikulam, Madhu, Periyamadu and Sannar forest in the Mannar District since 2009, has been made contrary to law. This judgement was a landmark judgement in Sri Lankan jurisprudence pertaining to environmental law, j...