Sri Lanka: vulnerable groups pay the price for militarization of COVID-19 response
An opinion piece by Boram Jang, Legal Adviser at the ICJ Asia & the Pacific Programme (more…)
Region and country Archives: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: newly adopted 20th Amendment to the Constitution is blow to the rule of law
The ICJ today condemned the adoption of amendments to the Sri Lankan Constitution, which serve to expand the powers of the President, while encroaching on the powers of the parliament and courts. (more…)
ICJ highlights need for UN action on impunity in Sri Lanka
At the Human Rights Council, the ICJ highlighted deepening impunity for gross human rights violations in Sri Lanka, and the need for a UN investigative mechanism. (more…)
Sri Lanka: Parliament should reject Government’s move to repeal and replace 19th Amendment to the Constitution
The Sri Lankan parliament should reject the Sri Lankan Government’s efforts to amend the country’s constitution to provide unfettered powers to the President while encroaching on the powers of the legislature and infringing upon the independence of the judiciary, said the ICJ today. (more…)
Sri Lanka: lawyers, human rights defenders and journalists arrested, threatened, intimidated
The Sri Lankan government should end the targeted arrests, intimidation and threats against the lives and physical security of lawyers, activists, human rights defenders and journalists, the ICJ and 9 other international human rights organizations said today. (more…)
Sri Lanka: Newly constituted Presidential Task Force threatens rule of law
The ICJ today condemned the proclamation by the Sri Lankan president to establish a Presidential Task Force dominated by the security forces and called for the proclamation to be rescinded. (more…)