UN Event: Is Sri Lanka trying to Evade or Blunt UN Mandated Accountability Process?  

An event by: Sri Lanka Monitoring and Accountability Panel (MAP)

This event will assess Sri Lanka’s Commitment to UN Human Rights Council about holding an inquiry – with international participation – against those who committed War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Tamil people.

Speaker: Mr. Peter Haynes QC – Internationally renowned legal expert

Moderator: Mr Robert Evans – Former Member of European Parliament.

When: 10 March 2016 (Thursday)
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Where: Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Following the Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Investigation on Sri Lanka, dated 16 September 2015, and the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka,’ dated 1 October 2015, the Sri Lankan
Government undertook to establish accountability mechanisms to address the crimes committed during the Sri Lankan armed conflict. These will include a special criminal court with foreign judges and prosecutors.

On 19 November 2015 the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) established an International Panel consisting of renowned legal experts called ‘The Sri Lanka Monitoring and Accountability Panel’ (MAP) http://war-victims-map.org to monitor the UN mandated accountability process and to ensure that Sri Lanka does not take steps to evade or blunt the UN Resolution
calling for the investigation of these killings.

This MAP shall undertake independent monitoring from a victims’ perspective and offer us advice and recommendations on the transitional justice mechanism in Sri Lanka. This advice will help victims become meaningful ‘stakeholders’ in the process. It will also expose the duplicity of the Sri
Lankan Government.

These experts will monitor the design and implementation of the transitional justice mechanisms in Sri Lanka, including the judicial measures to investigate and prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Light refreshments will be served prior to the event

For Information Contact: maptgte@gmail.com
To Help – please visit: www.tgte-us.org

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