Sri Lanka: Flawed Plans for a ‘Truth Commission’

07/09/2023
Statement
Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI / AFP

International human rights organisations express their grave reservations about the Sri Lankan government’s proposed National Unity and Reconciliation Commission, after many such attempts at transitional justice having already failed. Their concerns echo many of those already raised by victims of conflict-related abuses and their families.

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  • Co-signatories

     Amnesty International
     Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
     Franciscans International
     Front Line Defenders
     Human Rights Watch
     International Commission of Jurists
     International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
     International Working Group on Sri Lanka
     Sri Lanka Campaign


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