{"id":43124,"date":"2015-09-17T00:12:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T04:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=43124"},"modified":"2015-09-18T20:22:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T00:22:51","slug":"sri-lankans-without-borders-welcomes-new-un-human-rights-office-report-on-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=43124","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankans Without Borders Welcomes New UN Human Rights Office Report on Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Sri Lankans Without Borders(SLWB) Based in Canada has welomed the new UN Human Rights Office Report Investigation Report on Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The following is the full text of a media communique issued by the SLWB.
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Toronto, Canada <\/strong>–<\/em> Sri Lankans Without Borders (SLWB) welcomes the new report of the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL), presented at the Thirtieth session of the Human Rights Council on September 16, 2015.<\/p>\n

The OISL Report is based on a comprehensive investigation into \u201calleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes by both parties in Sri Lanka during the period 2002-11\u201d. The Report identifies \u201cpatterns of grave violations\u201d indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity committed were most likely committed by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. <\/p>\n

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The Report extensively documents a number of crimes, the most serious of which include unlawful killings, sexual and gender-based violence, enforced disappearances, torture, child recruitment, abduction and forced recruitment of adults, attacks on civilians and civilian objects, denial of humanitarian assistance, and violations during the detention of internally displaced persons in closed camps.<\/p>\n

As its key recommendation, the Report calls for the establishment of a hybrid special court \u201cintegrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators, as an essential step towards justice\u201d given the repeated failure of successive domestic inquiries in the past. For this reason, SLWB has consistently maintained that only an international investigation can be fair and independent enough to deliver the kind of justice and accountability needed to allow for meaningful reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka. While the OISL recommendation to create a hybrid court is welcome, it is critical that the OHCHR incorporates lessons learned from similar hybrid courts established elsewhere and plays an active role in co-designing the establishment and functioning of the proposed court. <\/p>\n

SLWB also acknowledges the extraordinary courage of witnesses and others who provided testimonials to the OISL investigation team. The Report notes that identifying and protecting these witnesses was complex due to the lack of access to Sri Lanka, security and protection concerns, and risk of reprisals. While the prosecution of alleged perpetrators may take some time, it is imperative that these witnesses are honored by ensuring that the recommendations contained in the Report are fully implemented in their lifetime.<\/p>\n

SLWB joins UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein in his appeal to all communities in Sri Lanka and in the diaspora to view the report as \u201can opportunity to change discourse from one of absolute denial to one of acknowledgment and constructive engagement to bring about change.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is important that Sri Lankan Canadians do the same by reaching out to each other across political differences and engage in critical but constructive conversations about the Report and its recommendations, and work together to achieve genuine reconciliation in Sri Lanka and in the Canadian diaspora. <\/p>\n

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The Sri Lankans Without Borders(SLWB) Based in Canada has welomed the new UN Human Rights Office Report Investigation Report on Sri Lanka. The following is the full text of a media communique issued by the SLWB. Toronto, Canada – Sri Lankans Without Borders (SLWB) welcomes the new report of the United Nations Human Rights Office …<\/p>\n

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