{"id":52122,"date":"2017-03-23T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=52122"},"modified":"2017-03-23T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T18:38:30","slug":"unhrc-unanimously-grants-sri-lanka-2-year-extension-of-time-to-implement-resolution-including-provision-for-hybrid-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=52122","title":{"rendered":"UNHRC Unanimously Grants Sri Lanka 2 Year Extension of time to Implement Resolution Including Provision for Hybrid Court."},"content":{"rendered":"

By PK Balachandran<\/strong><\/p>\n

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday unanimously gave Sri Lanka two years\u2019 extension to implement the September 2015 resolution on ethnic reconciliation and accountability
\nfor alleged war crimes.<\/p>\n

As per the new timetable, the High Commissioner for Human Rights would give a written update to the council at its 37 th session in March 2018, and a comprehensive report at the 40 th session in March 2019.<\/p>\n

Among other things, Resolution 30\/1 of September 2015, called for the establishment of a judicial mechanism having foreign as well as Sri Lankan judges and prosecutors. Though Sri Lanka had co-sponsored that resolution as well as Thursday\u2019s follow up, it has not agreed to have a hybrid court with foreign judges also.<\/p>\n

Making this clear after the resolution was passed on Thursday, the Sri Lankan representative Dr.Harsha de Silva that Sri Lanka is striving \u201cto establish a Sri Lankan Government-led processes with international assistance, engagement and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

He made no mention of a hybrid court with foreign judges, though the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid and the US representative William J.Mozdzierz had stressed the need for it. Before the resolution was passed, de Silva said that Sri Lanka would accept \u201cforeign expertise\u201d not foreign judges.<\/p>\n

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1.<\/strong>\tThursday\u2019s brief resolution welcomed the positive engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka and the High Commissioner and the Office of the High Commissioner since October 2015, as well as the relevant special procedure mandate holders. It encouraged the continuation of that engagement in the promotion and protection of human rights, truth, justice, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong>\tIt requested the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant special procedure mandate holders, \u201cin consultation with and with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka\u201d, to strengthen their advice and technical assistance on the promotion and protection of human rights and truth, justice, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong>\tIt requested the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to assess progress on the implementation of its recommendations and other relevant processes related to reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka, and to present a written update to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-seventh session (in March 2018), and a comprehensive report followed by discussion on the implementation of resolution 30\/1 at its fortieth session (March 2019).<\/p>\n

Therefore Sri Lanka gets two years\u2019 extension to implement resolution 30\/1 passed in September 2015.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:New Indian Express<\/em><\/p>\n

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By PK Balachandran The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday unanimously gave Sri Lanka two years\u2019 extension to implement the September 2015 resolution on ethnic reconciliation and accountability for alleged war crimes. As per the new timetable, the High Commissioner for Human Rights would give a written update to the council at its 37 …<\/p>\n

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