Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka

A/HRC/RES/40/1View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 2014–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/1

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/1	Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka	1,222	12%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/1	Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka	171	6%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/1	Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka	2,173	52%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/46/1	Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka	1,720	17%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/40/1	Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka	673	63%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Accountability Human Rights Reconciliation Sri Lanka Technical Cooperation Transitional Justice

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the comprehensive report presented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council at its fortieth session,⁵ pursuant to the request made by the Council in its resolution 34/1, and requests the Government of Sri Lanka to implement fully the measures identified by the Council in its resolution 30/1 that are outstanding;

⁵A/HRC/40/23.

Welcomes the positive engagement of the Government of Sri Lanka with the High Commissioner and the Office of the High Commissioner since October 2015, and with relevant special procedure mandate holders, and encourages the continuation of that engagement in the promotion and protection of human rights and truth, justice, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant special procedure mandate holders, in consultation with and with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka, to continue to strengthen their advice and technical assistance on the promotion and protection of human rights and truth, justice, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to assess progress on the implementation of its recommendations and other relevant processes relating to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka, and to present a written update to the Human Rights Council at its forty-third session, and a comprehensive report, to be followed by a discussion on the implementation of Council resolution 30/1, at its forty-sixth session.

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