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BY Dharshan Weerasekera In 2005, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruled in the seminal case Singarasa v. Attorney General (SC/SPLA/182/99) that the U.N. Human Rights Commission (the predecessor of today’s U.N. Human Rights Council) did not have jurisdiction, within Sri Lanka, to make recommendations on behalf of the petitioner. In doing so, the court decided […]
MARCH 12, 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Bahamian United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) member, human rights expert and attorney, Marion Bethel, played a pivotal role in a landmark ruling for Filipina sexual slavery victims, during the 84th session of CEDAW. Bethel served as one member of five
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