John Sifton: “It would be a mistake to fear a situation in which established political forces are so weakened that they cease to…”

I think it's good to pivot here to talk about how the U.S. can voice its displeasure with this situation.

Unfortunately, if the U.S. is not going to be in Geneva to do that, it'll fall to other countries, and that is a terrible indictment of this administration's commitment to promoting human rights.

There is no doubt that the Human Rights Council in Geneva is deeply flawed.

More than 9 years after the conflict, the people of Sri Lanka are still struggling to rebuild their country's democratic institutions but also obtain justice for the crimes that were committed during the conflict.