Sajini Fernando

Lawyer | Former @Int_IDEA @UN_CTED @ompsrilanka | Alum @ColomboUni Law ‘17 ‘21 💜 Views are my own.

[Brooklyn @bklynb4by]

the job of uk prime minister being the irl equivalent of the defence against the dark arts teacher

[UK in Sri Lanka 🇬🇧🇱🇰 @UKinSriLanka]

🇱🇰 Minister for Women & Child Affairs Hon. Saroja Paulraj joined the Global Children’s Care Reform ministerial roundtable hosted by 🇬🇧 Deputy Prime Minister Rt Hon @DavidLammy on advancing joint action on children’s care reform globally.
#UKinSriLanka

[UK in Sri Lanka 🇬🇧🇱🇰 @UKinSriLanka]

✍️Marking #WorldPressFreedomDay, High Commissioner @AndrewPtkFCDO , joined by SAJP alumni, discuss Sri Lanka's media landscape & the UK–Sri Lanka journalism links built through the South Asia Journalism Programme.

Read the full article here:
https://t.co/e15muSFqCM

[Ambika Satkunanathan @ambikasat]

#FATF

Today, as part of long standing advocacy against the weaponisation of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, esp against civil society by successive govts, I filed a challenge against proposed amendments to Convention on Suppression of Terrorist Financing Act and

[Andrey X @the_andrey_x]

I think this is the best picture I've ever taken

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur, says her findings on the treatment of Palestinian prisoners point to systematic, institutionalised torture in Israeli prisons, and she is calling for sanctions and international prosecutions.

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

Who is this "international community"? Those who are complicit or those who are silent? Those waxing eloquent about strategic autonomy? Those whose pragmatism tells them to wait & watch? Those who welcome this 'ceasefire' without condemning the genocidal threat that preceded it?

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Los alto al fuego siempre son una buena noticia. Sobre todo si conducen a una paz justa y duradera. Pero el alivio momentáneo no puede hacernos olvidar el caos, la destrucción y las vidas perdidas.

El Gobierno de España no aplaudirá a quienes incendian el mundo porque se presenten con un cubo.

Lo que toca ahora: diplomacia, legalidad internacional y PAZ.

[European Union in Sri Lanka @EU_in_Sri_Lanka]

📢 Call for Proposals

@EU_Commission invites CSOs to apply under the NDICI – Global Europe Thematic Programmes (2025–2027) for #SriLanka & the #Maldives.

- Human Rights & Democracy
- Civil Society Programme

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/X1Be7TrWOe

[Sajini Fernando @FernandoSajini]

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[Sherwin Bryce-Pease @sherwiebp]

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution that unequivocally condemns the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the transatlantic slave trade as the most inhumane and enduring injustice against humanity.

123 in favour
3 Against (USA, Israel, Argentina)
52 abstentions

The resolution also seeks to recognize the profound and lasting impacts of the abhorrent regimes of slavery and colonialism and emphasizes that claims for reparations represent a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs against Africans and people of African descent.

#sabcnews

[Dinah @dinahaddie]

a Corgi outperforming the American president in leadership is just so very 2026

[𝕐o̴g̴ @Yoda4ever]

Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping from an illegal transport truck and making their way home.

They traveled around 17 km together, led by a corgi across highways and fields, now safely back with their respective owners..🐶🐾🥺❤️

[mona lina is a bully pls don't follow me⁷๋࣭ ✴︎˚｡⋆ @y00ngipurrs]

why do they look like an olympic team

[Prof Ben Saul - UN SR Human Rights & Counterterror @profbensaul]

I join UN experts in denouncing aggression on Iran & Lebanon and warning of devastating regional escalation: "U.S. and Israel should stop waging and expanding wars, and considering themselves as above international legality”

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

If you paused, if you hesitated, 160 schoolgirls might still be alive.

[Supriya Sahu IAS @supriyasahuias]

Along the coast of Tamil Nadu, in the waters of Ramanathapuram, particularly around Pamban, Keelakarai and Ervadi over 300 traditionally skilled fisherwomen dive into the sea everyday to earn for their families. Setting out in groups of eight to ten by boat before sunrise, they skin-dive up to depths of 4–5 metres, hand-picking seaweed from the seabed and gathering it in mesh bags known locally as kacha. By the time they return to shore around 1 p.m., each woman brings back 10–12 bags of seaweed, with each bag weighing 20–25 kilograms. Their labour sustains their families supporting children’s education, and household needs. Government of Tamil Nadu, under the TN-SHORE Project, is designing a Village Enterprise Model working with them to strengthen their enterprise, build value chains and empower them economically. This Women’s Day, we salute these seaweed gatherers of Tamil Nadu, truly courageous women who inspire 🫡 #InternationalWomensDay2026 #WomensDay2026 #WomensDay
@tnforestdept @tnclimatechange

[Uju Anya @UjuAnya]

International law students should just go ahead major in literature since y’all are dealing with fiction anyway.

[John O’Brennan @JohnOBrennan2]

This is the image that will define this war - 165 young Iranian girls, killed while at school, who are mere ‘collateral damage’ to an out of control US-Israeli war machine.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

It cannot be legal for Trump to bomb Iran but illegal for him to threaten to seize Greenland. International law matters, but it is weakened if applied selectively.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.