SLB BRIEFING NOTES

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  • Sri Lanka Brief Briefing Notes
  • Sri Lanka Brief Position Papers
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Sri Lanka  Brief Fact Sheets

Sep 2014; Fact Sheet No 01  PDF SLB Fact sheet No 01 Sep. 2014 Violations of the Right to Freedom of Expression

Sep 2014: Fact Sheet No 02 PDF SLB Fact Sheet 02 Sep. 2014 Violations of the Right to Freedom of Religion (March – August 2014)

Sri Lanka Brief Briefing Notes:

10 March 2014: Sri Lanka Briefing Note, Special Topic 8/2

Reprisals against HRDs in Sri Lanka: Civil Society Organisations accused by state broadcaster for their appeal to UNHRC

24 March 2014: Sri Lanka Briefing note 8/3 – 

Reprisals against Muslim Minister for sharing information with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Read as a PDF here: Sri Lanka Brief Briefing note 8-3 24 March 2014 Reprisals against Muslim Minister …

Feb 2013: Sri Lanka Briefing Note No 08

Whither Reconciliation, Accountability and Rule of Law in Sri Lanka

Cover page SLB note No 08

Read the full report as a SriLanka Briefing note No 08 Feb 2014

CRTIQUE ON THE LLRC NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION

SLB BF No 7 front page

Read the full report SLB Briefing Notes No 7 March 2013 – CRITIQUE ON THE LLRC NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION

UNMASKING INACTION: SRI LANKA: NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2011-2016

SLB BF No 6 front page

Read the full report as a PDF –SLB Briefing Notes No 6 March 2013 MASKING INACTION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 

SriLanka Briefing Notes No 5 – Human Rights situation in the North of Sri Laka 2012

SLB BF No5 Front cover

Briefing Notes No 3: LLRC RECOMMENDATIONS:DENIAL, DISTORTION AND NON-IMPLEMENTATION

SLB Briefing Note No 3 March 2012 llrc-recommendations-denial-distortion-and-non-implementation-001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Briefing Notes No 3: LLRC RECOMMENDATIONS:DENIAL, DISTORTION AND NON-IMPLEMENTATION

Read the full report here  SLB Briefing Note No 3 March 2012 llrc-recommendations-denial-distortion-and-non-implementation

Sri Lanka Brief Position Papers:

  • Sri Lanka Brief Position paper  /28 April 2014

UNHRC Resolution A/HRC/25/L.1/Rev.1, and Reactions of the Sri Lanka Political and Civil Organisations

Read full report below or as a PDF: UNHRC Resolution _2014 March_ and Responses form SL political parties

  • Sri Lanka Brief Position Paper/July 2013

Read the full report as a PDF: 13th Amendment to the Constitution (Devolution of Power) and positions of the Political parties

Sri Lanka Monthly report | Issue No 02 – June 2013 Period covered: 1 May 2013 – 31 May 2013

Read as a PDF SLB Monthly Briefing Notes No 2 June 2013

Implementation Progress of the UN Resolution On Sri Lanka,  /HRC/22/L.1/Rev.13

SUMMARY:

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navanethem Pillay has accepted the invitation by the Government of Sri Lanka to visit Sri Lanka and the visit will take place from 25 to 31 August 2013. GoSL has not agreed to invite any of the UN Special Rapporteurs, whose requests to visit Sri Lanka are pending. Continue reading

Sri Lanka Monthly Briefing Note | Issue No 01 – 1 May 2013

Implementation Progress of the UN Resolution On Sri Lanka, A/HRC/22/L.1/Rev.13

Sri Lanka Monthly Briefing Note | Issue No 01 – 1 May 2013
Period covered: 22 March 2013 – 31 April 2013

Read the full report as a PDF Sri Lanka Monthly Briefing Note Issue No 01 – 1 May 2013

LLRC report at a glance – Sri Lanka Brief Report

President Rajapaksha appointed the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission LLRC) of Sri Lanka by extraordinary gazette notification dated 16th June 2010. The establishment of the commission was a direct response to the growing call for independent international investigation in to alleged violations of International Human rights and Humanitarian Law during the last phase of war between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Continue reading