Reports

In Sri Lanka, a ground-breaking project aims to reduce the vulnerabilities to violent extremism The 2019 Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed nearly 270 people and injured around 500 were the…

Key Highlights Overall inflation in January increased to 16.8%, up from 14% in December. Food inflation increased to 24.4% in January, up from 21.1% in December; non-food inflation increased to 10.2% from 7.6% in December. The highest month-on-month…

GENEVA (2 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* have called for an immediate moratorium on the use of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), and urged the Government to substantively review and revise the…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Unfavourable prospects for 2022 main cereal output due to shortages of agricultural chemicals Above-average cereal production obtained in 2021 Cereal import requirements in 2022 forecast at above five-year average Prices of cereals and imported basic food products…

In Numbers 45 percent of women of reproductive age group are overweight or obese; (Demographic and Health Survey, Sri Lanka, 2016). 33 percent of pregnant and nursing women are anaemic (WFP). Situation Updates • The COVID-19 booster vaccination drive…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster In May 2021, the southwest monsoon and activation of tropical storm “Tauktae” in the southeast Arabian sea triggered heavy rainfall across western and southwestern parts of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s Department…

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 25 February 2022 In a new report* for the UN Human Rights Council on developments in Sri Lanka since last year, UN High Commissioner for…

Human Rights Council Forty-ninth session 28 February–1 April 2022 Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Summary The present written update is…

Ruvani W. Fonseka, Lotus McDougal, Anita Raj, Elizabeth Reed, Rebecka Lundgren, Lianne Urada & Jay G. Silverman Abstract Background Studies from many contexts indicate that proximity to conflict is associated with increased likelihood of intimate partner violence (IPV), and…

The Government of Japan has provided a total sum of US$ 647,611 (approx. Rs. 128 million) to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) for humanitarian demining activities in the Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka. The grant contract…