Centre for Policy Alternatives on 5 March, 2014 Commentary on the Census on human and property damages due to conflict 2013 5 March 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The results of the ‘Census on human and property damages due to conflict – 2013’ are due to be published in March 2014, in time for the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council in […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 4 March, 2014 Download the following statement as a PDF here or read it online here. ### We recognize the framework agreed upon in resolutions 21/1 HRC (2012) and 22/1 HRC 2013 supporting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka and efforts made by member states calling on the Sri Lankan government to address grave violations of human rights and […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 February, 2014 Download the commentary/introduction to the full report, published below, as a PDF here. Download the comprehensive report in table form as a PDF here or read online here. ### The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) was established in May 2010 and the report of the Commission (LLRC Report) was presented to the President in […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 10 February, 2014 Download Puravasi Kathikawakata Peravadanak (A Preface to a Citizens Discourse) here or read it online here.
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 31 January, 2014 The Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives wrote to the chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) seeking clarification regarding a news item that appeared in several websites which claimed that a report commissioned by the HRCSL in 2006 regarding several cases of serious Human Rights violations has not been […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 28 January, 2014 17th January 2014 By Registered Post/ Hand The Director – Inquiries and Investigations Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka No. 165 Kynsey Road, Borella, Colombo 8. Dear Madam/ Sir Complaint Number HRC /3083/2013 I write to inquire as to the progress of the above complaint made by me on the 12th of August 2013. The […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 17 January, 2014 17 January 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka: At the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), we change the way citizens perceive and engage with governance. Established in 1996, CPA has over 17 years set the bar for how cutting-edge research and advocacy can address the deficit in democracy and governance through constructive dialogue, bold and innovative content, […]