UN Human Rights Council

Their experience shows that overdue answers--and justice for all victims--requires international action to break the seal that protects the military.

Twelve years of failed justice must trigger an honest debate on the ability of these mechanisms to prevent violations and deal with historical atrocities.

The record shows that, if this is the only feasible route to accountability for now, countries will require additional support at the UN level to achieve accountability.

For more than a decade, in one atrocity case after another, justice is delayed, denied, or even reversed, as the government pursues impunity.

The credibility of the Human Rights Council and the UN system, given its “grave failure” in the past, depends on accountability for Sri Lanka’s atrocities.

This week's Egypt arms sales announcement illustrates the failure to practice the values that offer the US its principle source of competitive advantage.

The Biden administration should press the UN Human Rights Council for action and impose its own measures, including further sanctions.

The continuing impunity in the wartime killing of a revered editor and the recent escalation of rights abuses expose the government's recalcitrance.

She notes the Sri Lankan government has made clear that it has no intention of pursuing accountability for atrocities committed during the civil war.

Mapping a quarter century of war shows the patterns of violations that demand meaningful and credible truth and accountability processes.

The record is abundantly clear that the country’s domestic mechanisms lack effectiveness and credibility. This is a gap that the UN uniquely can fill.

The council is much more than its flaws. A strategic US re-engagement could include membership, China, a critical review, and a programmatic agenda.