18 May 2024 This May 18th, marking 15 years since the end of the armed conflict, we commemorate all the lives lost during the war, particularly the tens of thousands of Tamils killed in the genocide during the final stages.  15 years on from the end of the war, impunity persists, and future prospects of…

14 May 2024 The week leading up to the 18th of May is commemorated as ‘Mullivaikkal Week’, where Tamils across the North-East memorialize the lives lost during the ruthless and inhumane executions by the Sri Lankan State during the final phase of the armed conflict. Such actions have raised concern to countless violations of international…

Jaffna, Sri Lanka – On this International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, we stand in solidarity with the Families of the Disappeared in Sri Lanka, most of whom were disappeared by the Sri Lankan state and whose disappearances have yet to be accounted for. Fourteen years since the end of the armed conflict, the…

19 July 2023 The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has proposed a new National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) to promote truth and reconciliation internally. This is in no way aligned with the demands of the victim-survivor community, nor does it address the underlying causes that led to the armed conflict. In light of past…

18 May 2023 Jaffna, Sri Lanka – On this day marking fourteen years since the end of the war in Mullivaikkaal, we commemorate all those lives lost during the last phase of the war, in particular the tens of thousands of Tamils that were killed by the inhumane atrocities committed during the Sri Lankan state’s…

July 14, 2022 Jaffna – On July 13, 2022, Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka leaving the island in political chaos. Many among the island’s Sinhala majority and the international community have heralded this moment, a culmination of months of protest, as a potentially revolutionary moment. And indeed, the departure of a president who has overseen…

May 16, 2022 The full briefing in English is available for download here. The world’s attention is now on Sri Lanka as it confronts its worst economic crisis ever. As the island sees record numbers of Sinhalese protesting in recent weeks, the excessive force used by police and security forces has rightly sparked international outrage….

March 1, 2021 The full PDF of this briefing can be downloaded here. Since the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in November 2019, Sri Lanka has seen an alarming regression in respect of human rights, the rule of law, and democracy. As noted by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in her report on…