(UTV|COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka is one of 30 Human Rights Priority Countries’ (HRPCs) where the UK has serious human rights concerns and hopes to engage positively to develop human rights performance, the British High Commission in Colombo stated.
#SriLanka remains a priority country in the UK’s Annual Human Rights Report for 2017
The #HRDReport aims to highlight concerns while working with governments and civil society to help promote and defend #humanrights
Full Report: https://t.co/hjQKYu9W9s
— UKinSriLanka???????????????? (@UKinSriLanka) July 16, 2018
According a statement issued by the British High Commission, the report acknowledges that there has been limited progress in the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. Particular concerns highlighted include attacks on minority communities and the slow delivery of key human rights and reconciliation commitments.
The UK remains concerned by the lack of progress in introducing legislation that protects women and LGBT people from discrimination.
The UK works with the government of Sri Lanka to support reconciliation and human rights. This continued engagement aims to strengthen democracy and the rule of law through support for police reform, demining, inter-faith dialogue and mediation and the UN’s Peacebuilding Priority Plan.
The Report underlines the UK’s desire to work positively with countries to help them improve their human rights performance.
The 30 HRPCs are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burma, Burundi, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Territories, Libya, Maldives, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
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