SRI LANKA: IIGEP episode, AG’s department becoming prosecutor and defender at the same time

By pearlaction | April 24, 2008 |

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A requiem for justice in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | April 18, 2008 |

[ UPI ] The country’s population is deeply aware that Sri Lanka is a burial ground for justice. For whatever the reasons, the country’s intellectuals — who are thoroughly aware of this — do not think it worth a fight. Perhaps they know that the fate of the justice system was part of a bigger…

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IIGEP departs – a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights

By pearlaction | April 16, 2008 |

[ AHRC ] The eleven-member International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) consisted of representatives from India, France, Indonesia, the United States, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Canada, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan, abandoned their efforts to assist the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Violations of Human Rights. They were…

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