Diplomatic Circles

Canada should flex its diplomatic muscles in pressing Sri Lanka to uphold human rights

Canada once supported a landmark resolution in 2015 that offered victims of all communities in Sri Lanka the hope of truth, justice, and reconciliation, and upheld the principle of accountability for the most serious international crimes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on June 17, 2019, with Michelle Bachelet, UN high commissioner for human rights, issued a new report saying Sri Lanka's 'current trajectory sets the scene for the recurrence of the policies and practices that gave rise to grave human rights violations.'Photograph courtesy of the Prime Minister's Office

Opinion

BY FARIDA DEIF

February 4, 2021

Six years ago, Canada was among a group of countries that took the lead in adopting a crucial United Nations resolution to promote reconciliation and justice after decades of war and persecution in Sri Lanka. The human rights ...

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