Sri Lanka Letters

Sri Lanka: Threat to arrest individuals attending the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council | Letter

To: President Remigiusz Henczel, UN Human Rights Council From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Re: Threat to arrest individuals attending the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council Date: March 10, 2013 PDF version As you may know, there is a resolution critical of Sri … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Deteriorating Human Rights in Sri Lanka | Video

Oral Intervention by Vanitha Selvarajah at the UN Human Rights Council On March 4, 2013, Vanitha Selvarajah gave an oral intervention on behalf of LRWC at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka. In her address, Ms. Selvarajah notes the … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: Impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake | Letter

Re: Impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: January 16, 2013 To view a PDF version, please click here. Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)[1] is deeply alarmed by the motion passed today by the … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: Reprisals against supporters of Human Rights Council Resolution

Re: Reprisals against supporters of Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/19/L.2, “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka” To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2012-03-28 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: PAIKIASOTHY SARAVANAMUTTU – Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives

On 20 August 2009, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu received an anonymous death threat. It had been typed in English and posted to his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to its contents, Saravanamuttu was being targeted because of information he purportedly supplied to the European Union with … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka Human Rights Abuses: Statement made at Interactive Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 27 February 2012

Sri Lanka: Statement at Interactive Dialogue 27 February 2012 See full statement … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: 3rd and 4th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention Against Torture

Executive Summary: These submissions are made by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada in aid of the Committee against Torture’s (CAT) examination of the combined 3rd and 4th Periodic Report of Sri Lanka outlining its implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka Accountability: Statement to the Human Rights Council 12 September 2011

Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue Accountability for war crimes in Sri Lanka – Recommendations of Panel of Experts. see full statement … [Read more...]

LRWC Statement to 12th Session of the HRC Re: Sri Lanka

Statement to 12th Session of the HRC Re: Sri Lanka by LRWC … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: Death threat against Dr. Saravanamuttu, human rights defender

Re: Death threat against Dr. Saravanamuttu, human rights defender To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Harini Sivalingam Date: 2009-08-26 Our organization, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply concerned about the safety and security of Dr. Saravanamuttu, a human rights defender … [Read more...]