In this issue, the following articles are listed: Human rights in Sri Lanka: unfinished business and gloomy prospects. A close look at Sri Lanka’s labour laws in the age of globalisation. UN drafts regulations to try crimes against humanity. HRC indifferent to atrocities committed under PTA. HRC adopts strategic plan to streamline activities. No regional human rights protection body in Asia-Pacific region. India fails international compliance test. Home guards murder Kurawar and despoil Xavierpuram. Re-integrating ex-PTA political prisoners: Fear is the key.