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OHCHR SRI LANKA ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT(OSLAP) REPORT OF UNHRC -STEPPING STONE
FOR JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY &RECONCILIATION




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Aug 07, 2024, 9:55 PM ET

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OSlap commissioned by 47 Member States of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has
released Report titled “Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka”


To use all forms of potential jurisdiction, including ..extraterritorial
&universal jurisdiction, to investigate &prosecute crimes ..committed in Sri
Lanka..; and ..support for ..international justice”
— OHCHR Sri Lanka Accountability Project (OSlap) Report of the UNHRC
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, August 7, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The OHCHR
Sri Lanka Accountability Project (OSlap) commissioned by the 47 Member States of
the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has released its Report titled
“Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka”. The release of the
Report prior to the Sri Lankan Presidential elections is a timely reminder of
the urgent need for justice and accountability for the heinous crimes
perpetrated against the Tamil people and is a stepping stone for reconciliation
among all the people of Sri Lanka.

Tamils in the Homeland and the Diaspora. the list of organizations is given
below, "welcome, unreservedly, the Report which substantiates our call for
referring the Sri Lankan state to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and
the credibly alleged perpetrators to the International Criminal Court (ICC)."

While there is no doubt that the brunt of the “Enforced Disappearances” are
borne by the Tamil People who have undergone untold sufferings which have
haunted them for decades, there is sufficient evidence of journalists, human
rights activists, Members of Parliament, etc. belonging to all communities of
the country who have suffered “Enforced Disappearances” by successive Sri Lankan
governments.

The 41 page comprehensive Report runs the gamut from the “history” of enforced
disappearances to the “gaping deficits” in accountability initiatives undertaken
by successive Sri Lankan governments ending in a summary “conclusion” which
leads to the specific “recommendations” for implementation. The recommendations
are in two sections, one “to the Government of Sri Lanka” and the other “to the
International Community”.

The "recommendations to the Sri Lankan government" is a no holds barred demand
for a comprehensive reversal of the historical record of the suppression of
accountability imposed by successive governments. The "recommendations to the
International Community" leaves no doubt whatsoever of the commitment to apply
the full force of international jurisdiction for accountability should the Sri
Lankan government fail to do so.

The Presidential candidates have a golden opportunity to set the country on a
new path of system change, reconciliation, peace, and prosperity if they will
adopt and faithfully implement the recommendations of the Report in their
respective election manifestos. This will be a key factor which will garner the
entire support of the Tamil People as well as a large segment of the
right-thinking people of the country.

The singular denial of accountability by successive majoritarian governments in
their suppression of basic human rights has without doubt led to the entrenched
impunity by the same perpetrators in bringing the country down to its knees in
financial bankruptcy.

If this fact was not evident to the majority Sinhala-Buddhist population which
has inexorably returned the same perpetrators to power repeatedly, the current
spiralling of the country into the abyss of bankruptcy should be a wakeup call
for accountability "sine qua non".

Failure to do so, one more time, after 15 years of suppression of the truth
leaves Sri Lanka open at the forthcoming September 2024 Session of the UNHRC in
Geneva to the stark warning in the Report, "To use all forms of potential
jurisdiction, including under accepted principles of extraterritorial and
universal jurisdiction, to investigate and prosecute crimes under international
law committed in Sri Lanka, strengthen coordination in relation to ongoing
investigations; and consider support for other avenues of international
justice".

Organizations which endorse this Press Release:
1. Australian Tamil Congress; chairperson@australiantamilcongress.com
2. Association for Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances, North & East
Provinces, Sri Lanka, ared.kilinochchi@gmail.com
3. Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA); contact@fetna.org
4. Ilankai Tamil Sangam, USA; president@sangam.org
5. Maison du Tamil Eelam, France: mte.france@gmail.com
6. People for Equality And Relief in Lanka; contact@pearlaction.org
7. Tamil Rights Group, Canada; info@tamilrightsgroup.org
8. United States Tamil Action Group (USTAG); info@theustag.org
9. World Thamil Organization, USA; wtogroup@gmail.com

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