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TGTE Urges UN General Assembly to Create an Int’l Independent Mechanism to Bolster Sri Lankan Int’l Crimes Investigation<\/h5>\r\n

TGTE Urges UN General Assembly to Create an Int’l Independent Mechanism to Bolster Sri Lankan Int’l Crimes Investigation\r\nRESPONSE TO SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT’S REQUEST TO THE UN TO APPROVE HIS “PLAYBOOK FOR IMPUNITY”<\/p>\r\n

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, USA, September 27, 2018 \/EINPresswire.com\/ —<\/p>\r\n

The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) released today its response (Link below) to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s September 25th speech before the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, during which the President backtracked on Sri Lanka\u2019s commitment to secure justice for the victims of international crimes that occurred at the hands of the Sri Lankan state during the county\u2019s criminal conflict, which ended in 2009.<\/p>\r\n

TGTE\u2019s written response to the President\u2019s speech includes a \u201cReport Card for the Sri Lankan Government,\u201d detailing the island nation\u2019s many failures to date to uphold its promises to deliver justice, as stipulated by UN Resolution 30\/1. TGTE also calls for the creation of an International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to investigate, document and prosecute humanitarian law breeches and crimes against humanity committed by the Sri Lankan state, as documented by at least three UN investigative reports.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSince Sri Lanka is an ethnocratic state, justice cannot be meted out to Tamils within Sri Lanka. It can be done only in the International Criminal Court. Nearly 2 million people have subscribed to this view by participating in the TGTE\u2019s \u2018Refer Sri Lanka to the ICC\u2019 campaign,\u201d TGTE Prime Minister Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran said. \u201cI also have to point out that this month, the Northern Provincial Council passed a unanimous resolution calling for referral of Sri Lanka to the ICC. The proposed independent mechanism is in the meantime to collect and preserve the evidence since evidence are being destroyed and witnesses are under threat inside the island of Sri Lanka,\u201d added Prime Minister Rudrakumaran.<\/p>\r\n

TGTE\u2019s written response to President Sirisena\u2019s Sept. 25th speech also makes clear that the Sri Lankan state continues to violate Tamils\u2019 human rights with its use of torture and failure to resettle internally displaced Tamils, among several other failures of grave concern, having never been held to account. TGTE\u2019s written response to the President also highlights steps that the international community can and should take to bring Tamil victims closer to justice and to protect the authority, credibility and values of the UN.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf the General Assembly acquiesces to Sirisena\u2019s request [to abandon international accountability], it will have helped him write the last chapter in Sri Lanka\u2019s \u2018Playbook for Impunity\u2019,\u201d Prime Minister Rudrakumaran says in TGTE\u2019s written response. \u201cA playbook that challenges the very relevance and effectiveness of the entire human rights system.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Read TGTE\u2019s full response (Link Below) to President Sirisena\u2019s speech to learn more about the Tamil people\u2019s plight, TGTE\u2019s position on Sri Lankan accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and the role of the international community in delivering justice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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