LankaWeb – US & UK Military Attache s demolish UNHRC allegations against Sri Lanka lankaweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lankaweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It was with special interest that I read the announcement of 8
February that the
U.S. is rejoining the United Nations Human Rights
Council to re-engage immediately and robustly with the body to pursue a foreign
policy centered on democracy and human rights.
That is indeed a challenge and honourable on the part of President Biden’s Administration instructions.
However, Mr. Blinken, your involvement won’t be that easy to
unhook, thousands and thousands and thousands of members of the Sri
Lanka-Sinhalese Diaspora community from the bold words of Nikki Haley who said,
that the UNHRC is a
cesspool of political bias, and a self serving body
Ben Emmerson
Another UN official overstepping mandate & violating Article 2.7 of UN Charter – demanding repealing of PTA, release of hardcore LTTE, Emmerson defended Ramush Haradinaj, the former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army.
Maina Kiai
a Kenyan lawyer and member of HRW since 2018 was also in Amnesty International in 2001. Regular recipient of letters from LTTE fronts
Pablo de Greiff
Columbian lawyer but dual citizen of US. Joined International Centre for Transitional Justice in 2001. Delivered a lecture on Transitional Justice” on 20 October 2017 at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute and when Pablo speaks at a TGTE webinar what else is there to say! https://www.srilankacampaign.org/live-webinar-sri-lanka-quest-for-justice-rule-of-law-democratic-rights/
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Geneva resolution: A diplomatic challenge Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Sri Lanka will face its next major diplomatic hurdle in the coming weeks when it confronts a resolution against it at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva, a practise which has now become almost an annual ritual for successive governments in Colombo.
These resolutions arose in the aftermath of the conclusion of the Eelam war in May 2009. Following the end of the conflict, there were allegations that human rights were violated by both Sri Lankan troops and members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist group.