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Singarasa Case should guide GoSL s Geneva policy – The Island

BY Dharshan Weerasekera In 2005, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court ruled in the seminal case Singarasa v. Attorney General (SC/SPLA/182/99) that the U.N. Human Rights Commission (the predecessor of today’s U.N. Human Rights Council) did not have jurisdiction, within Sri Lanka, to make recommendations on behalf of the petitioner. In doing so, the court decided […]

Universal jurisdiction and Sri Lanka: Does govt have coherent policy?

By Dharshan Weerasekera In March 2021, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights recommended that actions under universal jurisdiction be pursued against Sri Lankan military officers and civilian leaders who led the war against the LTTE. (A/HRC/46/20). The recommendation was repeated in March 2022 and September 2022. (A/HRC/49/9 and A/HRC/51/5). Meanwhile, in March 2021, by […]

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