A preparatory meeting was held today (21) for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations on Sri Lanka.
The Periodic Review is scheduled for February 2023.
A meeting was accordingly held today under the patronage of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry in this regard with the participation of all key stakeholders.
The Minister said they discussed the core areas of the national report that will be submitted by Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s third UPR in November 2017 focused on violations of the right to freedom of expression; violations of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly; impunity for grave human rights violations committed by state actors; and the ongoing commission of torture by law enforcement personnel in Sri Lanka.
