Reports by various agencies about the ongoing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka
NORMALIZING THE ABNORMAL: THE MILITARIZATION OF MULLAITIVU
Date: October 2017
This report estimates that at least 60,000 Sri Lankan Army troops are currently stationed in Mullaitivu District; 25% of the personnel in the whole country.
STATEMENT BY BEN EMERSON: HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
Date: 14 July 2017
All the evidence points to the conclusion that the use of torture has been, and remains today, endemic and routine, for those arrested on national security grounds.
VIEWS ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 5 (4) OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL
Date: 22 March 2016
The UN committee found the indefinite detention by Australia of 3 Tamil refugees (and 1 Persian and 1 Hazara refugee) unlawful, suffering “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.”
A STILL UNFINISHED WAR: SRI LANKA’S SURVIVORS OF TORTURE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE 2009-2015
Date: 1 July 2015
The findings in this report are based on the testimony of survivors of state-organised abduction in “white vans” by the security forces. The most recent incident occurred in July 2015.
VERDICT OF THE PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL ON SRI LANKA, 07-10 DECEMBER 2013
Date: 2014
Verdict of the Second Session of the PPT on Sri Lanka, to deal with the accusations of genocide and the complicity of other States in the commission of genocide in Sri Lanka.
SRI LANKA’S NORTH I: THE DENIAL OF MINORITY RIGHTS
Date: 16 March 2012
Report discusses deepening militarization in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Movement of Sinhala settlers into the fringes of the north and other forms of government-supported “Sinhalisation”.