March 2019

30 / 1 යෝජනාවලිය – වසර හතරක් ගතවී ඇතත් සම්පූර්ණ කර තිබෙන්නේ පොරොන්දු 36න් 6ක් පමණකි.

by |25 March 201925 March 2019|Interviews & Articles

2015 වසරේ දී එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයට ඉදිරිපත් වූ 30-1 යෝජනාවලියට සම අනුග‍්‍රහකත්වය දැක්වූ ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාව ඒ හරහා මානව හිමිකම්, වගවීම සහ සංහිදියාව යන අංශයන් ආවරණය කරමින් පියවර රැසක් කි‍්‍රයාත්මක කිරීමට කැපවන බවට සහතික විය. පසුගිය 20 වැනිදා, ජගත්...

Sri Lanka made ‘poor progress’ in rights resolution observes local think-tank

by |20 March 201920 March 2019|Verité in the News

Taken from TheWeek Colombo, Mar 20 (PTI) Sri Lanka has made "poor progress" by implementing only 6 of the 36 commitments it made as part a UNHRC resolution adopted in 2015 to address human rights concerns, a local think tank...

UNHRC Resolution, Guided by India, to Give Breather to Sri Lankan Government

by |20 March 201920 March 2019|Verité in the News

Taken from TheWire Photo Courtesy - Reuters The Geneva-based body will adopt a new resolution that will give time till 2021 for the Sri Lankan government to fully implement commitments it made four years ago on transitional justice and accountability....

Resolution 30/1: Four Years on, 6/36 Completed – Part 04

by |20 March 201920 March 2019|Interviews & Articles

Part IV: Overall Progress: This week, Verité Research (VR) concludes its four-part series on Resolution 30/1. In 2015, Sri Lanka co-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1 and committed to a range of measures on human rights,...

Resolution 30/1: Four Years on, 6/36 Completed – Part 03

by |19 March 201919 March 2019|Interviews & Articles

Part III: Security and Demilitarisation Sri Lanka co-sponsored Resolution 30/1 in 2015 and committed to a range of measures on human rights, accountability and reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its commitments will be discussed on March 20, 2019, at...

Resolution 30/1: Four Years on, 6/36 Completed – Part 02

by |18 March 201918 March 2019|Interviews & Articles

Part II: Rights, the Rule of Law & International Engagement UNHRC Resolution 30/1. By co-sponsoring Resolution 30/1 in 2015, Sri Lanka committed to a range of measures on human rights, accountability and reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its commitments...

Resolution 30/1: Four Years on, 6/36 Completed – Part 01

by |18 March 201918 March 2019|Interviews & Articles

Part I: Transitional Justice, Reconciliation and Power Sharing: In 2015, Sri Lanka co-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1 and committed to a range of measures on human rights, accountability and reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its...

Sri Lanka only partly met UN promise to release military-held land, study finds

by |15 March 201915 March 2019|Verité in the News

Taken from economynext Sri Lanka’s military has only partially fulfilled promises to the United Nations to release lands occupied during its war against Tamil Tiger separatists, delaying resettlement of refugees in the north where unemployment remains high, a new study...

NCE applauds methods introduced to promote key export sectors

by |13 March 201913 March 2019|Verité in the News

Taken from DailyNews Photo Courtesy - DailyNews The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) welcomed the national budget 2019, as it reflects the government policy of pursuing an outward oriented growth strategy to better garner set economic targets....

Call for Keynesian type intervention to boost economy

by |12 March 201913 March 2019|Verité in the News

Taken from DailyNews Photo Courtesy - DailyNews A strong call was presented for a Keynesian model intervention to boost the economy at the CA Budget Forum held on Saturday in Colombo. Dr Nishan De Mel addressing the forum, urged for...

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