{"id":43203,"date":"2015-09-24T15:14:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T19:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=43203"},"modified":"2015-09-24T22:32:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T02:32:35","slug":"tna-welcomes-involvement-of-foreign-and-commonwealth-judges-lawyers-investigators-and-defenders-in-judicial-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=43203","title":{"rendered":"TNA welcomes Involvement of Foreign and Commonwealth Judges, Lawyers , Investigators and Defenders in Judicial Mechanism."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/43203\" data-layout=\"button\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has in a statement  welcomed the draft text of a resolution on Sri Lanka tabled by the co-sponsors led by the USA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The TNA in particular welcomes  the draft resolution\u2019s call on Sri Lanka to involve foreign and Commonwealth judges, lawyers, investigators and defenders in a judicial mechanism to be set up in Sri Lanka that would be mandated to try international crimes. <\/p>\n<p>The TNA says that his constitutes a significant victory for justice in Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The full text of the TNA statement is as follows &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tamil National Alliances welcomes the draft text of a resolution on Sri Lanka tabled by the co-sponsors of the resolution today. In particular, we welcome the draft resolution\u2019s call on Sri Lanka to involve foreign and Commonwealth judges, lawyers, investigators and defenders in a judicial mechanism to be set up in Sri Lanka that would be mandated to try international crimes. This constitutes a significant victory for justice in Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n<p>The TNA is committed to help the government and international stakeholders evolve such a court, and will support its work. We also wish to note our appreciation of the government\u2019s assent to this text and its willingness to co-sponsor it in the Human Rights Council. A court established on these lines would represent a dramatic break from the past and could herald the beginning of an end to impunity.<\/p>\n<p>The draft resolution tabled today was the product of a difficult consensus. We are acutely aware that some of the language used in the interests of a consensus will not satisfy all victims of the conflict whom we represent and who have reposed their trust in the TNA. However, we are of the view that the draft provides a constructive starting point for what will inevitably be a long road to reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>We thank the co-sponsors and all other government and non-government stakeholders who stayed true to their convictions, and recognize that the hard work of implementing the government\u2019s commitments and winning back the trust of victims begins now. 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