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2016.10.27 UN: CERD invites civil society to join hands to end racial discrimination
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) invites...
2016.10.20 Sri Lanka: UN expert calls for establishment of Independent Commission on Minorities
UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, concluded h...
2016.09.30 Japan: Targeted attack on freedom of expression in Okinawa
Following the country visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the freedom ...
2016.09.28 UN: CERD addresses racial discrimination in Argentina, Italy, Portugal, Togo, Turkmenistan and Uruguay (November 2016)
At its 91st session from 21st November to 9th December 2016 , UN Committ...
2016.09.23 “More needs to be done”, message to Sri Lanka to heal wounds from enforced disappearances (20 September 2016)
On Tuesday 20th September, during the 33rd session of the UN Human Right...
2016.09.14 HRC 33 Side Event: Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka (1 pm, 20 September)
Together with Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)...
2016.09.05 Sri Lanka: Government adopted law to establish the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) as the first transitional justice mechanism
On 11th August, the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the Office of the Mis...
2016.08.29 UN: CERD adopted concluding observations of Greece, Lebanon, Pakistan, Paraguay, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (August 2016)
On 26th August, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimina...
2016.08.26 PRESS RELEASE: Sri Lanka must take immediate action to combat racial discrimination by implementing UN recommendations
Download the press release We urge the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL...
2016.08.19 UN: Call to Action to Promote Gender Parity
Today the IMADR joined the International Disability Alliance, Internatio...