16 July 2021 Greetings, and thank you for organizing this important event. The rule of law is central safeguarding human rights, and ensuring sustainable and lasting peace. Victims of human rights...

Summary In the present report, the former Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, examines the progress made in...

GENEVA (27 August 2019) - A group of UN experts expressed serious concern at the appointment of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as Sri Lanka’s army chief, and urged the Government to advance long...

Sri Lanka continues to deprive itself of the benefits of Transitional Justice Today, I conclude my 14-day official country visit to Sri Lanka. This visit completes a series of four previous trips to...

GENEVA / COLOMBO (23 October 2017) - The Government of Sri Lanka has not made sufficient progress in fulfilling its commitments on transitional justice and related reform processes, a UN human rights...

GENEVA (6 October 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Pablo de Greiff, will carry out an official visit...

GENEVA (10 February 2016) - I am grateful to the Government of Sri Lanka for a second invitation to undertake an advisory visit to the country (26 January to 1 February 2016) and for the excellent...

GENEVA (15 September 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on transitional justice, Pablo de Greiff, today said that a ‘tradition of impunity’ seriously undermines accountability and...

Geneva/Colombo, 11 April 2015 I would like to thank the Government of Sri Lanka for the invitation extended to undertake a visit to the country from 30 March to 3 April 2015. In the course of the...