Will UN Report bring Justice for Sri Lanka War Victims? Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 By Admin Will UN Report bring Justice for Sri Lanka War Victims? By Amantha Perera UNNICHCHI, Sri Lanka, 2 September 2015 (IRIN) – Thavarasa Utharai says she isn’t exactly sure where Geneva is, but she is anxiously awaiting a report soon to be made public in the Swiss city that is expected to expose war crimes committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war. After acceding to the Sri Lankan government’s request to delay the report by six months, the Geneva-based United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is scheduled to finally release the results of its investigation within the next two weeks. Victims like Utharai hope the report will provide information about family members who disappeared during Sri Lanka’s decades-long war, which pitted government forces against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (or Tamil Tigers). Both sides committed abuses. Read Full Article Uncategorized
Panel of Experts finds Credible Reports of War Crimes during Sri Lanka Conflict – UN Posted on October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 25 April 2011 – The panel of experts set up to adviseSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon on accountability issues with respect to the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka has found credible reports of war crimes committed by both the Government and Tamil rebels and calls for genuine investigations into the allegations,… Read More
Three International Experts tapped to assist with UN-Mandated Sri Lanka Conflict Probe Posted on September 27, 2023 25 June 2014 – Three distinguished experts have agreed to advise the United Nations-mandated investigation into alleged human rights violations committed during the final stages of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka. The experts are former Finnish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari, former Governor-General and High Court… Read More
Channel 4 Film Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields is a step towards International War Crime Investigation Posted on October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 Press release by CWVHR June 14, 2011 Channel 4 Film Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields is a step towards International War Crime Investigation The Centre for War Victims and Human Rights welcomes the documentary film Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. This telecasting by Channel 4 in the UK at… Read More