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
Alleged Sri Lankan war criminal Jagath Dias withdrawn as diplomat from Berlin Posted on October 2, 2023 The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) According to media reports, Jagath Dias, a former Sri Lankan Army Commander suspected of having committed war crimes, was withdrawn from the Sri Lankan Embassy in Berlin. Dias held the position of a deputy ambassador for Germany, Switzerland and the Vatican… Read More
Book Review on Sri Lanka Genocide & War Crimes Posted on September 27, 2023 An Invaluable Reference Book by Prof. V. Suryanarayan Ramu Manivannan, Ed., Sri Lanka – Hiding the Elephant: Documenting Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity (Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai – 600 005), Price Rs. 2000/-http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2014/08/book-review-sri-lanka-genocide-and-war.html Read More
OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) Posted on September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Background The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) is the highest inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. In March 2014, the HRC adopted resolution A/HRC/25/1, requesting the United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights to “undertake… Read More