After a 26-year long internal conflict claimed more than 70,000 lives and displaced some one million people, Sri Lanka now faces the challenge of building an inclusive, multi-ethnic state and pursuing accountability for all violations committed during the conflict.
Halt Deportations of Tamils to Sri Lanka - Credible Allegations of Arrest and Torture upon Return (Human Rights Watch)
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/24/uk-halt-deportations-tamils-sri-lanka
#SriLanka's speech to #HRC19 has just gone up http://t.co/2qe1xyDV
RT @SLcampaign: #HRC19 So why don’t more Sri Lankans speak out on #humanrights in #Srilanka? This is why…http://t.co/GB8or4bL
UN Human Rts Council recently investigated atrocities in Libya, Syria, Cote d'Ivoire. Why not #SriLanka? http://t.co/AvXDcMRZ v @ColumLynch
@TheElders hopefully u fight for tamils to get their rights in Srilanka in upcoming Geneva Peace summit
We Srilankans hope some real peace in our country!!!!
Marzuki Darusman, Steven Ratner and Yasmin Sooka, the three members of The UN Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, write in the New York Times of the need for accountability for the violations of international law that occurred during the final stages of the Sri Lankan government's war with the LTTE.
“Nearly three years since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Sri Lankan government there has still been no serious domestic investigation of the many allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by both sides during the civil war's final stages. These tragic events cannot simply be ignored.”
Archbishop Tutu and Mary Robinson urge the UN Human Rights Council to support a resolution that seeks accountability for the terrible violations of international law that have taken place in Sri Lanka. Read more.
