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November 25, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: New President Should Reset Course on Rights

Dissanayake Administration Needs to Address Longstanding Abuses, Impunity

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (right) and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya during the swearing-in of the new cabinet members on November 18, 2024, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
November 25, 2024 Letter

Letter to President Dissanayake Regarding Human Rights Recommendations for the new Sri Lankan Government

October 17, 2024 Dispatches

World Bank, IMF are Missing the Mark on Social Security

Case Studies Illustrate Harms from Austerity and Means-Testing Worldwide

Tens of thousands of retirees, unions and organizations mobilize in front of Argentina’s National Congress to protest President’s Javier Milei's veto of the Pension Mobility Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 11, 2024.
October 2, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: UN Rights Council Should Extend Crucial Mandate

International Monitoring, Investigations Critical Amid Ongoing Violations, Impunity

UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 26, 2024.
September 9, 2024 Statement

HRW Oral Statement on Sri Lanka at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council

Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka

UN HRC
August 30, 2024 Letter

HRC57 – Sri Lanka: Renew the Mandates of the OHCHR for 2 Years

Joint Letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

August 29, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: Families of ‘Disappeared’ Persecuted

Renewal of UN Human Rights Council Mandate Crucial to Counter Impunity, Abuse

Soosai Victoria shows photographs of her missing son at her home in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, May 7, 2024.
August 26, 2024 Dispatches

UN Report Details Sri Lanka’s Dire Rights Situation

Human Rights Council Should Renew Monitoring, Evidence Collection

Sri Lankan police disperse anti-government protesters with tear gas and water cannons during a protest demanding the resignation of President Rani Wickremesinghe’s government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 24, 2022.
July 29, 2024 Letter

Letter to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations

Reform of Vetting Processes for Peacekeeping Personnel

July 28, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: Authorities Target Religious Minorities

Renewed UN Resolution Needed to Counter Government’s Divisive Campaign

 A Hindu worshipper celebrating the festival of Shivaratri in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on March 8, 2024.
July 17, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: False Terrorism Cases Enable Repression

Politically Motivated Detentions, Surveillance, Threats

Police officers stand in front of a building.
June 26, 2024 Dispatches

Sri Lanka Blocks Exam Results over Muslim Head Coverings

Government Discrimination Threatens Muslim Female Students’ Futures

Girls walk along a road in Kattankudy, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019.
June 21, 2024 Statement

Human Rights Watch Briefing Note on Human Rights in Sri Lanka

May 23, 2024 News Release

Sri Lanka: Crackdown Over Civil War Anniversary

UN Report Calls for International Prosecutions for Enforced Disappearances

A Tamil woman cries for her deceased family members during a civil war remembrance in Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka, May 17, 2024.
May 14, 2024 Commentary

15 Years Since Sri Lanka’s Conflict Ended, No Justice for War Crimes

The Unaddressed Legacy of the War has Bequeathed the Country Practices of Abuse, Impunity and Misgovernance that Directly Contribute to the Economic Crisis

Women hold portraits of family members who went missing during Sri Lanka’s civil war that ended in 2009, during a demonstration in Colombo.

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