REPORTS
Torture: Lawless Law Enforcement in Sri Lanka
A shadow report to the UN Committee Against Torture, 10 November 2005
In its second periodic report (CAT/C/48/Add.2 of 6 August 2004), the government of Sri Lanka painted a rosy picture about its efforts to combat torture. In reality, torture forms an integral part of lawless law enforcement in Sri Lanka. The unprecedented flattery shown by Sri Lanka by enacting a law having the same name as the Convention Against Torture has been deceptive ...More
The Bindunuwewa Massacre in Sri Lanka, A Cry for Justice, 25 October 2005
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Bindunuwewa Massacre of 25 October 2000 in which 28 Tamil youth between the ages of 14-23 years were massacred while approximately 14 other Tamil youth were seriously injured by a Sinhala mob and Sri Lankan police, has not been made public. ACHR managed to obtain a copy of this SECRET report and at a Press Conference at Women's Press Corps, New Delhi made the report public ...More
Sri Lanka: Miscarriage of Justice Mass Acquittal in the Bindunuwewa Massacre Case, 02.06.2005
On 27 May 2005, a five-member bench of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka comprising of acquitted all the four accused convicted by the Trial-at-Bar of the High Court on charges of mass murder of 28 inmates and attempted murder of 14 others at the Bindunuwewa Rehabilitation Centre on 25 October 2000. The Supreme Court justified destruction of evidence on the grounds it was done under the instructions of the superior officers to preserve peace. From day one, the investigators and prosecutors worked in tandem to systematically destroy the evidence ...More
The State of Civil and Political Rights in Sri Lanka, 30 December 2003 
A fter nearly a decade, during its 69th session from 20 October to 7 November 2003, the United Nations Human Rights Committee examined the 4th periodic report of the government of Sri Lanka on the implementation of ICCPR ...More
ACHR REVIEW
- Review/227/09: Sri Lanka: History Belongs to the Victor, 12 August 2009
- Review/225/09: Mullaitivu Vs Gaza: The Tokyo Co-Chairs fail on the responsibility to protect, 4 February 2009
- Review/220/08: India: Time for Multilateralism in Sri Lanka, 23 October 2008
- Review/205/08: Sri Lanka: A test for the UPR mechanism, 6 February 2008
- Review/201/08: Sri Lanka: Time for International Action, 09 January 2008
- Review/164/07: Intervene against threats to humanitarian workers in Sri Lanka, 25 April 2007
- Review/159/07:Impending humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka: Respond to the SOS appeal of the WFP, 21 March 2007
- Review/157/07: Sri Lanka: Spectre of abductions by the security forces officially admitted, 07 March 2007
- Review/138/06: Don't make another Darfur: Geneva Talks for Peace in Sri Lanka, 25 October 2006
- Review/137/06: Sri Lanka's proposed International Commission of Inquiry: OHCHR, eminent organisations and persons - watch out, 18 October 2006
- Review/136/06: Proposed Sri Lankan Peace Talks: The Karuna factor, 11 October 2006
- Review/127/06: Muttur and Qana massacres: Need for a balanced response from UN and its OHCHR, 09 August 2006
- Review/109/06: Cease-fire monitoring in Sri Lanka: A case for UN peace keepers, 25 January 2006
- Review/99/05: Torture and Lawless Law Enforcement in Sri Lanka, 16 November 2005
- Review/96/05: The Bindunuwewa Massacre in Sri Lanka: A Cry for Justice, 26 October 2005
- Review/75/05: Miscarriage of justice in the Bindunuwewa Massacre Case, 1 June 2005
- Review/49/04: Sri Lanka: The return of the gallows, 1 December 2004