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GTF Publications

Individual UPR Submission on Sri Lanka05 November 2012

GTF's submission to the UN Human Rights Council's Universial Periodic Review (UPR) on Sri Lanka. The UPR investigates the human rights situation in a given country.


GTF's submission focusses on the situation for civilians in the Tamil majority areas of the North and East of Sri Lanka, as well as the key concerns of GTF. It highlights current Government policy is undermining human rights and the prospects of ensuring long-lasting peace on the island.


'Ensuring Accountability and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka'30 September 2012

A GTF analysis of Sri Lanka’s National Action Plan (NAP). The NAP, released in July 2012, details how the Government of Sri Lanka intends to implement some of the recommendations made in the final report of the ‘Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’ (LLRC) – the domestic body appointed by President Rajapaksa ostensibly to provide accountability and promote reconciliation between ethnic communities on the island, following the end of the country’s armed conflict in 2009.

'Securing Lasting Peace in Sri Lanka'30 November 2011

A GTF analysis of peace-building and state reconstruction in Sri Lanka.

2011 - GTF & ATC international Conference report22 October 2011

GTF and Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) report on the joint international Conference on Human Rights held in Sydney in 2011.

'Sri Lanka and the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)'01 September 2011

A GTF analysis of the credibility of Sri Lanka's 'Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)'.

Important Resources

Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Jan 2021 - Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Promotion reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka

Report of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL)

In Resolution 25/1, adopted in March 2014, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to “undertake a comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes by both parties in Sri Lanka.

External Resources

Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Jan 2021 - Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Promotion reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka

Report of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL)

In Resolution 25/1, adopted in March 2014, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to “undertake a comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes by both parties in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Between Elections

A half year after Maithripala Sirisena’s stunning defeat of President Mahinda Rajapaksa raised hopes for democratic renaissance, the complexities of partisan politics, and Rajapaksa himself, have returned to centre stage.

A Still Unfinished War: Sri Lanka’s Survivors of Torture and Sexual Violence 2009-2015

This report is dedicated to the survivors who trusted us enough to tell us about their darkest days in the hope of saving others from the same fate. At their lowest point, they still exhibited huge courage and selflessness. Sadly they have to live with the knowledge that those who abused them go free – and likely will never be punished – and yet they still chose to speak out.

SRI LANKA 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT-US STATE DEPARTMENT

Sri Lanka is a constitutional, multi-party republic. Votes re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa to a second six-year term in 2010. Parliament, elected in 2010, shares constitutional power with the president.