Posts Tagged ‘Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’
Sri Lanka: Report Fails to Advance Accountability
[Human Rights Watch] The report of the Sri Lankan government’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) disregards the worst abuses by government forces, rehashes longstanding recommendations, and fails to advance accountability for victims of Sri Lanka’s civil armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The serious shortcomings of the 388-page report, which was posted on…
Read MoreSri Lankan civilians ‘not targeted’, says report
[Channel 4] The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, appointed by the Sri Lankan government last year, admitted that some isolated allegations of civilian abuses by security forces at the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009 need to be investigated further. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lankan envoy criticizes Canada over inquiry calls
[CTV News] OTTAWA — Sri Lanka says Canada is falling for terrorist “propaganda” with its newfound criticism of the Asian country’s human-rights record and its demands for an international inquiry. [Full Story]
Read MoreWhat South Africa can do to help with reconciliation in Sri Lanka
[International Crisis Group] As South Africa knows better than most, a country cannot begin to overcome decades of internal conflict without a sustained effort at revealing the truth of the past and a committed push for reconciliation. If only Sri Lanka could learn that lesson. [Full Story]
Read MoreProtecting Human Rights in Sri Lanka
[Huffington Post] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to India this week offers a vital opportunity for the world’s two greatest democracies to jointly promote their common values supporting freedom and civil rights in South Asia — a region where extremism and China’s influence continues to grow. More specifically, the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue must…
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