Parallel event on the Human Rights Council and Sri Lanka

During the second session of the Human Rights Council, Philip Alston participated in a parallel event convened by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists. CONGO has some notes on the event. Other participants on the panel and the debate included:

Sunila Abeysekera, Executive Director of INFORM (Colombo)

H.E. Ambassador Sarala Fernando, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka

Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion of belief

Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives (Colombo)

Stephen Toope, Chairperson of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances