In February 2009, during the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war, the town of Puthukkudiyiruppu witnessed one of the most harrowing war crimes of the conflict: the relentless bombardment of its hospital.
We are proud to mark the publication of the latest CEDAW Shadow Report on Sri Lanka, jointly submitted by the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice and the International Working Group on
Learning from history requires an attitudinal shift at both societal and governmental levels. Recognising the colonial roots of ethnic tensions and discriminatory laws should inspire a commitment to building a more just and
Fifteen years ago, on January 24 2010, just two days before Sri Lanka’s presidential election, journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda disappeared. His work for the news outlet Lanka e News exposed the corruption
The Rt Hon David Lammy MP,Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs,Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office,King Charles St, London, SW1A 2AH 20 November 2024 Dear Foreign Secretary, We welcome the stated
Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice is calling on the UK government to impose targeted sanctions on key perpetrators of human rights violations in Sri Lanka. Decades after the end of the
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election marked a pivotal moment in the country’s political landscape and in geopolitics, with Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) / National People's Power (NPP)
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has often been dismissed as an “inevitable by-product of war”. Not only does this understate its severity as a human rights violation and war crime, it also distracts
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) August 30, 2023 Re: HRC57 – Sri Lanka: Renew the mandates of the OHCHR for
This letter was originally sent to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on 25 January 2024, concerning the position of then-Acting Inspector-General of
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