Posted on March 5th, 2021
By Garvin Karunaratne Ph.D.
It is sad that the UNHRC has now forgotten why such a council was
ever established. This is clear when the Commissioner of UNHRC
has called upon member States to refer
the situation in Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court(ICC) and ‘actively pursue extra territorial or universal
jurisdictionand persecute international crimes committed by all parties in Sri
Lanka’(Sunday Times.sl:31/1/2021)
It is important to note that this directive from the Commissioner of the Human Rights Council appears in the form of an inquisition, even aimed at
inciting member States to act against Sri Lanka.