UN says it can initiate action only with the consent and cooperation of Sri Lanka!
Did UN follow the same procedure in Bosnia?
Report by the UN panel on Tamil massacre in Sri Lanka indicts Sri Lanka stating that
‘ “an independent international mechanism” to investigate what it called credible allegations that both the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels committed serious violations, including some that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, in the months before the decades-long war ended in May 2009…
“Most civilian casualties in the final phases of the war were caused by government shelling,…
Ban supported the recommendation, saying “that Sri Lanka should, first and foremost, assume responsibility for ensuring accountability for the alleged violations” and encouraged the government “to respond constructively.”
Under intense international pressure to investigate abuses, Sri Lanka did appoint a Lessions Learnt and Reconciliation Commission last year, but the U.N. panel said that body does not meet international standards and is compromised by the conflict of interest of several members.”
Related:
Ban Ki Moon’s spokesperson said he expects that a long-awaited UN report on alleged war crimes committed during the tail end of the Sri Lanka’s counter-insurgency campaign will go public. Bits of the report have been leaking out to local newspapers –and it paints a damning picture of the behavior of the Sri Lankan government’s final assault on territory controlled by the Tamil Tigers. Tens of thousands of civilians were likely killed. There is pretty strong evidence collected by human rights groups and journalists that the government deliberately targeted civilians.
http://www.undispatch.com/sri-lanka-war-crimes-report-to-go-public-today
Leave a Reply