The Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints regarding Missing Persons”
known as the Paranagama Commission, was appointed in August 2013. The scope of
the Commission’s mandate was expanded into a second mandate by Gazette
notification on 15 July 2014, to address the facts and circumstances
surrounding civilian loss of life and the question of the responsibility of any
individual, group or institution for violations of international law during the conflict
that ended in May 2009.
The Commission consisted of Maxwell P. Paranagama (Chairman), Manohari Ramanathan and Suranjana Vidyaratne, Director
General of Census and Statistics. There was a
Legal Advisory Council comprising a team of international legal and military experts,
David M. Crane, Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, discusses the dire need for establishing a legal framework in Liberia to deal with the legal international criminal mechanisms.
After the age of accountability in the 1990’s and early 21st century, there are certain lessons that have been learned since then. One of those lessons is that the beast of impunity must be faced down…always. International courts seeking justice for atrocity crimes in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone were beacons of light in very dark corners of the world during that time. The rule of law was shown to be more powerful than the rule of the gun. Those regions are at peace since justice was done.
FMD
Angel Gurría is
Secretary-General of the OECD. Gurría came to the OECD following a career in public service, including two ministerial posts. As Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998 and Mexico’s Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 1998 to 2000. As OECD Secretary-General, since June 2006, he has reinforced the OECD s role as a “hub” for global dialogue and debate on economic policy issues while pursuing internal modernisation and reform. Under his leadership, the OECD has expanded its membership to include Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia and opened accession talks with Russia. It has also strengthened its links with other major emerging economies, including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, with a view to possible membership. The OECD is now an active participant in both the G-8 and the G-20 Summit processes. Mr Gurría has also reinforced the impact of OECD work in several domains, and has steered the launching of hig
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David Crane, Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, discusses the rule of law as the alternative to tyranny.
“The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.” –
Dwight D. Eisenhower
On 6 January 2021, as our nation watched in shock as an insurrection took place before our very eyes, egged on and encouraged by the President of the United States and others, the question in all our minds was how could this happen in the United States of America? The entire world gasped and condemnation was universal and bi-partisan.