Rights Violating States Attempt Response to Accusations
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, after a number of states and NGOs accused Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, China, and North Korea of violating human rights, these countries demanded their rights...
View ArticleSri Lanka Repays Rights-Abusing Allies with Lavish Praise
Over the last couple days at the UN Human Rights Council, abusive States praised one another’s rights records during the sessions to adopt reports on human rights violations in countries under review....
View ArticleCuba and Sri Lanka Attack UN Watch & Other Human Rights NGOs
During today’s debate on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism at the UN Human Rights Council, a number of Western states voiced concerns about barriers to the full participation of legitimate...
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The double-talk of Sri Lanka’s U.N. ambassador
After he successfully blocked a war-crimes probe into the conflict in Sri Lanka, why is the country’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, being recalled? Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka himself offers two...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Ex-Ambassador: “I blocked UN rights council from investigating...
Sri Lanka’s former ambassador to the UN in Geneva, who used to regularly deluge diplomats and activists with multi-megabyte emails and photos detailing his latest activities, is claiming credit for...
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Is Syrian ambassador to UN rights council planning to defect?
Tomorrow will see Foreign Ministers descend on Geneva for the opening of the first 2012 session of the UN Human Rights Council. At a recent UN press conference, U.S. Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain...
View ArticleStates debate Sri Lanka resolution text
The US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, Eileen Donahoe, chaired today an informal session to introduce their resolution on reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka. During one of the...
View ArticleSri Lanka clueless on exit of key allies China & Russia from UN rights council
Sri Lankans worried over their government’s failure to block a recent UN resolution on its 2009 mass killings of Tamil civilians now have even greater reason to doubt the competence of Colombo...
View ArticleU.N. Rights Council Sings Sri Lanka’s Praises
The U.N. Human Rights Council just examined Sri Lanka’s human rights record as part of its periodic review of all countries. While Canada notably asked genuine and specific questions, consistent with...
View ArticleU.N. blacks out memo admitting Human Rights Council failure on Sri Lanka...
The U.N. censored an internal memo showing how top officials recognized the failure of the world body’s Human Rights Council when it came to seeking accountability for Sri Lanka’s killing of an...
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