by International Truth & Justice Project Sri Lanka, South Africa, February 2021
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE WORK
GENEVA BRIEFING NOTES
With Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, the ITJP has jointly authored 6 BRIEFING NOTES to frame the discsussion on Sri Lanka for the March 2021 session of the UN Human Rights Council. They are in English and are being translated into French, Tamil and Sinhala. They cover the following topics:
1. Framing the Problem in the Context of System Crimes and Failed Institutions
2. Ongoing Violations – Torture, Arbitrary Arrests, Deaths in Custody
4. Institutional Reform, Vetting and Screening, & the Rule of Law