Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE GENERAL OVERVIEW Mechanisms encountered A number of informal dispute resolution mechanisms with varying degrees of structure were encountered during the research. NGO-established peace committees engage in various peace activities, one of which is informal dispute resolution.…

Colombo (dpa) - Norway's special envoy to Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim, arrived in Colombo for talks with Tamil rebels aimed at reviving a stalled peace process, officials said Tuesday. Solheim, who arrived Tuesday morning was due to travel to the…

AI Index: ASA 37/003/2003 (Public) News Service No: 186 There is convincing evidence that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are taking advantage of the cease-fire with the Sri Lankan government to murder political opponents, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty…

Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper Introduction Political killings are on the rise again in Sri Lanka. According to local human rights groups and Tamil political parties, at least thirty-eight people have been killed or were abducted and remain missing in politically…

This morning, I visited an IDP camp and returnees' village in Jaffna, and I keenly felt the acute sufferings and pains inflicted on the people due to the ravages of the twenty-year conflict. Since I heard that the city…

Grace Church Care Center, Trincomalee An estimated 2 million people have been directly affected by the 18 years of armed conflict between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam through displacements, loss of livelihoods, and…

Program Description USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) program supports and reinforces high impact social, economic and political initiatives for peace-building in Sri Lanka. In support of this goal, OTI has three main objectives. They are to: deliver visible, strategic peace…

When floods threatened the livelihood of villagers and affected their ready source of clean water, a four-member Singaporean team made up of volunteers from the Singapore International Foundation (SIF), under its Humanitarian Relief Programme responded to the call for assistance…

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said on Monday they were ready to restart peace talks to end two decades of ethnic war if the government accepts their counterproposals on a power-sharing body. The comments on…