{"id":28561,"date":"2014-03-05T15:15:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=28561"},"modified":"2014-03-05T15:15:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:15:30","slug":"sri-lanka-rejects-un-human-rights-commissioner-report-in-its-entirety-claiming-it-is-fundamentally-flawed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=28561","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Rejects UN Human Rights Commissioner Report in its Entirety Claiming it is Fundamentally Flawed."},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy <\/p>\n

Dharisha Bastians
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The Government yesterday slammed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay for her report on Sri Lanka\u2019s human rights record in its entirety and said it was \u201cfundamentally flawed\u201d.<\/p>\n

External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris who addressed the UN Human Rights Council High Level Segment in Geneva yesterday, said Pillay had exceeded her mandate by making reference to issues that had nothing to do with the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka that had been adopted in March last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who exalt the report\u2019s virtues only seek to inflict harm on the reconciliation process by bringing about a polarisation of Sri Lankan society,\u201d the Minister charged.<\/p>\n

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He said the ongoing focus on Sri Lanka had disregarded the \u201csubstantial progress\u201d the Government had made in five years after the war. The Minister said the initiatives at the Council with regard to Sri Lanka paid scant regard to the complexities and local nuances of a sensitive reconciliation process while eroding confidence of the Sri Lankan people by what he called the \u201cconstant changing of unjustifiable demands\u201d.<\/p>\n

Minister Peiris said the action against Sri Lanka was clearly disproportionate to the circumstances and inconsistent with the treatment of other comparable situations in other areas of the world.
\nThe Government Minister told the Council that Pillay\u2019s report was \u201carbitrary, intrusive and of a political nature\u201d.<\/p>\n

Peiris criticised the Council\u2019s welcoming of the High Commissioner\u2019s report even at the highest levels; a clear reference to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon\u2019s remarks at the opening session of the UNHRC\u2019s 25th Session on Monday (3).<\/p>\n

Minister Peiris also said that it was universally accepted that the High Commissioner and the OHCHR must remain transparent, objective and be guided solely by the mandate given by the UN. \u201cHowever, if the initiatives taken on Sri Lanka at this juncture by the OHCHR is to be the basis on which the country is to be judged, it will clearly be a travesty of justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pillay\u2019s report was based on questionable and baseless material including what has been processed outside the UN framework, the Minister said.<\/p>\n

Highlighting the Sri Lankan Government\u2019s progress since the end of the war, Minister Peiris told the Council\u2019s High Level Segment that the military has no involvement in civilian administration. He said the civil administration system in the north and east is fully functional. \u201cHowever, it is regrettable that external entities think it fit to pressurize the Government with regard to that Councils staffing, and even on the appointment of the Governor, which is the prerogative of the Executive. Such pressure on the conduct of governance are unacceptable and not in keeping with the conduct of international relations,\u201d the Minister charged.<\/p>\n

Minister Peiris also criticised the Tamil National Alliance for not participating in the Parliamentary Select Committee that had been set up to arrive at a final political solution to the ethnic issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be recognised that this approach by the TNA is a hindrance to any settlement. However, despite the non-participation of the TNA, the PSC continues with its deliberations,\u201d the Minister told the Council.<\/p>\n

High Commissioner Pillay\u2019s report criticised Sri Lanka\u2019s progress on reconciliation and accountability five years after the end of the conflict and called for an international mechanism to address allegations of major abuses in the absence of a domestic process.
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By Dharisha Bastians The Government yesterday slammed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay for her report on Sri Lanka\u2019s human rights record in its entirety and said it was \u201cfundamentally flawed\u201d. External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris who addressed the UN Human Rights Council High Level Segment in Geneva yesterday, said Pillay had exceeded …<\/p>\n

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