UN Finds Little Progress on Justice in Sri Lanka

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Click to expand Image United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 26, 2025. © 2025 Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto via AP Photo Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, updates the current human rights situation in the country.The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in September 2024, promising justice for past rights violations.

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · September 7, 2026

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