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This submission provides an overview of Human Rights Watch’s main concerns with respect to the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in advance of its 6th periodic review of Sri Lanka at the Committee’s 137th session (February 27 – March 24). We hope it will inform the Human Rights Committee’s preparation for its upcoming review of Sri Lanka’s compliance with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter “the Covenant”).

1. Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding Sri Lanka’s implementation of recommendations accepted through its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2017, and information about additional international obligations and issues not addressed in the 2017 review.

This submission provides an overview of Human Rights Watch’s main concerns with respect to the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in advance of its 6th periodic review of Sri Lanka at the Committee’s 135th session (27 June to 27 July 2022). We hope it will inform the Human Rights Committee’s preparation for its upcoming review of Sri Lanka’s compliance with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter “the Covenant”).

IT’S gone unreported in Scotland but over in New York, Human Rights Watch has just called out our national police force for propping up the Sri…

Sri Lanka must recall retired doctors and nurses to work as the country’s health service is in danger of being overrun with the raging third wave of COVID-19, the main opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) said. Speaking to reporters on Friday, SJB MP Harshana Rajakaruna said the government must look into the possibility of obtaining the services of retired medical staff in the state health sector on a temporary basis. “The government has to invest money into such things. Instead, they’re spending millions on building gyms and expressways,” he said. The MP was referring to a Rs 54-b...