Radhika Coomaraswamy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Radhika Coomaraswamy

Sri Lankan United Nations official

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1953

Place of Birth: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Profession: lawyer, diplomat, university teacher

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Deshamanya Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 17 September 1953)is a Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat and human rights advocate who served as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict until 13 July 2012.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed her to the position in April 2006.
She was nominated to the Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka) as a civil representative on September 10, 2015.
In 2017, after atrocities against the Rohingya people, she was appointed a Member of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar.