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by Shamindra Ferdinando (Courtesy of The Island)   Ahead of the 46th sessions of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) scheduled to begin later this month, newly elected US President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party has raised Sri Lanka..

Sri Lanka has undergone 3 phases of mass killings against unarmed civilians. These were no individual incidents or spur of the moment killings. These were all premeditated murder. Colonial crimes in then, Sinhale covers the period from 1505 to 1948. All..

(The original source: https://www.justsecurity.org)  The U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) is gearing up to launch its 46th session virtually on Feb. 22. Although President Donald Trump relinquished the U.S. seat on the council, the upcoming assembly offers the new Biden administration a multilateral forum to..

Justice, be it local, national, regional or global, should not only be done but also be seen to be done. Holistic transparency must be overtly evident at all times to all protagonist parties in addressing ongoing conflict in search of..

India’s new port-led development strategy, Sagarmala, is an ambitious, large scale project that is slated to improve India’s port operational efficiency and harness the potential of India’s long coastline. This Policy Brief looks at Sagarmala and its implications for Sri Lanka, and recommends..

Let us look at how a country that weathered 30 years of terrorism ended that terrorism. How a country after suffering failed formulas of the UN brought peace to the people carrying out a military operation alongside the world’s largest..

Govt. sends 20-page response to UNHR HC’s observations  UK and US to closely review UNHRC report on Sri Lanka  Ready to visit some provisions of PTA, Sri Lanka tells EU  Moragoda’s nomination as SL Envoy to India still stands Sri..

(Based on Socialist web) Fiji has won the recent diplomatic contest to become the first Pacific island nation to take the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The body this month elected Fiji’s chief diplomat in Geneva,..

SL insists it should agree on the text Dossier detailing out LTTE atrocities handed over to foreign countries Some powerful countries don’t like SL neutral foreign policy Govt appoints core-group to work on measures during UNHRC sessions We have not..

After five years of modernisation and restructuring command chains, People’s Liberation Army focuses on cross-service combat to maximise its fighting power Improving joint operation capabilities necessary for the most likely combat scenarios for the PLA, such as a campaign against..