Category: Chartering Our Future

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Sri Lanka does not need a Truth & Reconciliation Commission — Terrorists need to reconcile with us, not the other way around

The recent statement by Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister at the UN Human Rights Council outlined the government’s commitment to domestic reforms in human rights, justice, and reconciliation. While many of these initiatives — anti-corruption...

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What the UN Secretary-General, Security Council, and UNGA President must investigate in the UNHRC’s Resolutions on Sri Lanka

  The United Nations Charter enshrines principles of sovereign equality, non-intervention, and adherence to mandates. Yet for over sixteen years, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has passed a series of resolutions on Sri Lanka...

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What International Media must ask the UNHRC on Resolutions against Sri Lanka

  For over sixteen years, the international media has largely abandoned its role as a global watchdog. Instead of questioning bias or demanding accountability from the UNHRC, it has allowed one-sided narratives to dominate...

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Sri Lanka at the crossroads of a US–India standoff

  Sri Lanka has rarely been treated as a sovereign nation in international geopolitics. Sri Lanka had very few leaders able to read geopolitical shifts well enough to spin it to Sri Lanka’s advantage....

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If the LTTE had not been defeated in 2009: Sri Lanka in 2025

  Let us look at the “what if” scenario based on pattern of LTTE terror – where they killed, who they targeted, Tamil children kidnapped, impact on tourism & investment, people’s peace of mind...

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Human Rights or Geopolitics? Sri Lanka Exposes the UNHRC’s Double Standards

  The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was established in 2006 (GA Resolution 60/251) with noble intentions: to promote universality, impartiality, and cooperation protecting human rights. Yet in practice within less than 2...

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Sri Lanka’s Rebuttal to OHCHR 2025 Report A/HRC/60/21

  The OHCHR Report A/HRC/60/21 is illegitimate, selective, and legally void. For 30 years of LTTE terror — assassinations, suicide bombings, ethnic cleansing — the UNHRC and its High Commissioners remained silent. Only when terrorism...

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Sri Lanka & the UN funding scandal: 5th Committee must answer on UNHRC’s illegal mandate

  A UN Constitutional Crisis   For over 15 years, Sri Lanka has been subjected to an unprecedented series of UNHRC resolutions simply for ending 30 years of terrorism. These resolutions have been based...

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Chronology of UNHRC bias against Sri Lanka (2009–2025)

  May 2009 – 30-year terrorist conflict ends   Unlike 9/11, a single incident resulting in immediate bombing & occupation of several nations, Sri Lanka’s decision to military deal with LTTE was taken after...

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Legal and Procedural Concerns Regarding UNHRC Actions on Sri Lanka

  Actions of then UNSG Ban Ki-moon immediately following end of Sri Lanka’s Conflict   Unprecedented Unilateral Action First occasion in UN history that a Secretary-General personally appointed the 2011 Panel of Experts (PoE)and separately...