Radhika Coomaraswamy Archives

Human rights council president appoints Radhika Coomaraswamy of Sri Lanka to serve on Ethiopia rights body Source:African The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas (Argentina), announced the appointment of Radhika Coomaraswamy of Sri Lanka to serve as a member of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. Ms. Coomaraswamy will join Kaari Betty Murungi of Kenya (chair) and Steven Ratner of the United States of America, who were appointed to serve on the human rights investigative body on 2 March 2022. The Geneva-based Human Rights Council created the Commission of Human Rights Experts on 17 December 2021 with a mandate to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law in Ethiopia committed since 3 November 2020 by all parties to the conflict. Today’s appointment comes after the resignation of Fatou Bensouda as a member of the three-person Commission on 8 June 2022, following her nomination ...

Dr.Para – a healer with a vision – A Tribute to Dr.R. Pararajasegaram – Among the greats of our times by H. L. D. Mahindapala Source:Island George Bernard Shaw once said that the reputation of a doctor grows by the number of great people that die under his care. Dr Ramachandra Pararajasegaram’s reputation grew with the number of eyes that regained sight under his care, the sight to wonder at the immensity of the immeasurable depths of glorious creation perpetually expanding into further unknown depths. He was at the forefront of the global movement combating avoidable blindness. He was a leader of the UN-sponsored Right to Sight. And he gave of his time, his energy and skills to make the world a liveable place for thousands of those who would never have seen the twinkling of the stars, the soft shine of the moon, or the first light that ...