UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Urged to Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court by Families of Disappeared
News Provided By January 29, 2021, 19:49 GMT
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UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab We specifically urge you this request after losing any hope to get justice for our disappeared relatives including our disappeared Babies and Children
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged UN Human Rights Council Member States to take steps to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC). ” Michelle Bachelet UN Highcommissioner for Human RightsLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, January 29, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ In a letter to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Families of the Disappeared have urged him to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
By Austin Fernando
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has recently said that the Provincial Council (PC) elections will be held when the ground situation is conducive. Minister Sarath Weerasekara insists on scrapping the PCs. Ambassador Nalin de Silva has opined that in the absence of elected PCs, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (13A) stands abolished.
There are three competing standpoints: (a) Legally, the PM believes the 13A is intact; (b) Conceptually, Minister Weerasekara believes 13A is live, but must be “killed”; and (c) Cavalierly, Ambassador de Silva thinks it is already dead! Thankfully, sanity prevailed when Sagara Kariyawasam MP, following the PM’s statement said: “The 13A remains part of the Constitution, and elections will have to be conducted” and “PCs cannot be indefinitely run by Governors and officials.”