| dc.description.abstract | In January 2015, Sri Lanka underwent its first major political transition since the end of the armed conflict in 2009. The immediate post-war years saw limited progress towards reconciliation and accountability. In such context, the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and a coalition government broadened political space to pursue a pending agenda of reconciliation, accountability and sustainable peace. The government has since made a range of commitments to this effect, both at home and internationally. In September 2015, Sri Lanka co-sponsored Resolution 30/1 at the 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).1 In doing so, the Sri Lankan government committed to a range of measures dealing with human rights, accountability and transitional justice. The endorsement of the Resolution represents a marked shift in Sri Lanka’s engagement with the Council - from confrontation under the former
government, to consensus and cooperation. Resolution 30/1 has since come to denote the main features of Sri Lanka’s transitional justice agenda, particularly with regard to accountability mechanisms for abuses suffered by victims of the conflict. It contains 36 distinct commitments that fall into five broad thematic
categories: 1. Transitional justice and reconciliation, 2. Rights and rule of law, 3. Security and demilitarisation, 4. Power sharing, 5. International engagement. This report assesses the implementation status of the government’s 36 actionable commitments made in Resolution 30/1. | en_US |
