New Reports & Releases

Claymore attack on a school bus in Thadchanamadhu	Human Rights Report 07 May 08 0.1 MB
HR Report for April 2008	Human Rights Report 05 May 08 0.2 MB
NESOHR Condemns Assassination of Father Karunaratnam	Press Release 21 Apr 08 0.2 MB
HR Report for March 2008	Human Rights Report 07 Apr 08 0.6 MB
NESOHR strongly condemns the killing of TNA legislator Sivanesan	Press Release 09 Mar 08 0.2 MB
HR Report for February 2008	Human Rights Report 09 Mar 08 0.7 MB
Kiranchi in Poonakari Bombed 22 Feb. 2008	Human Rights Report 24 Feb 08 0.2 MB
HR Report for January 2008	Human Rights Report 07 Feb 08 1 MB
2007 Annual Report on Human Rights	Human Rights Report 06 Jan 08 0.2 MB
International Human Rights Day Presentation	Human Rights Report 10 Dec 07 0.4 MB
International Human Rights Day Statement	Human Rights Report 10 Dec 07 0 MB
HR Report for November 2007	Human Rights Report 05 Dec 07 1.3 MB

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The only local, independent human rights monitoring body in the NorthEast of Sri Lanka

Background

Over the course of the past two decades, war has devastated the NorthEast of Sri Lanka. Tamils in this area have faced extreme violence and been the victims of appalling human rights abuses. When the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was put in place, standard law enforcement mechanisms broke down and victims were left without recourse in the face of abuse. In response, community leaders in the NorthEast established citizens' committees to hear complaints and took whatever limited actions they found possible.

As a part of the 2002 peace process, the international community recommended the strengthening of the human rights protection mechanisms in the NorthEast of Sri Lanka. In response, the very community leaders who had been involved in the citizens' committees launched the NorthEast Secretariat On Human Rights (NESOHR) on July 9, 2004, in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka.