![]() ![]() Universities have been militarized with the security to the university provided by the Defence Ministry. In this context we wish to put forward certain issues concerning women in the North and East. Since the submission of the UPR there has been a breakdown of the rule of law through not only the impeachment of the Chief Justice but also with the appointment of new chief justice who has denied all human rights violation taking place in Sri Lanka at several UN and international forums. Women’s rights and security continues to deteriorate in Sri Lanka, especially in the North and East and a culture of impunity has been entrenched within the State structure. The report covered the socio economic and cultural rights of the displaced, returning and resettled communities of the North and East. The Women’s Action Network, a network consisting of 11 women’s organizations based in the North and East of Sri Lanka, submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review in 2012. Militarized North-East Sri Lanka: Muslim and Tamil Women Systematically Crushed by Lawlessness and Expropriation
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