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Sri Lankan government delegates asked the UNHRC to give due consideration to the domestic processes, rather than asking for International interventions to address the accusations of human rights violations in the country.
Head of Sri Lanka mission in the United Nations in Geneva, Kshenuka Seneviratne, addressing the 16th session of the UNHRC, said the process of the Lessons Learnt and reconciliations Commission (LLRC) will address the issues of alleged violations. She said the LLRC, established under commissions of inquiries act has the authority to start proceedings to inquire allegations of abuse. Criminal proceedings “Its mandate empowers the attorney general to institute criminal proceedings based on material collected in the cause of an investigation or inquiry by a commission of inquiry” said the envoy. The ambassador also said that the Commissions mandate necessarily includes the capacity to consider any evidence indicating of violations of International humanitarian or human rights law. Domestic resources Sri Lanka would need time and space to go through domestic proceedings to address the issues say the government. “It is universally accepted legal principle that consideration needs to be given to international measures only when national domestic recourses unavailable.”
The LLRC and its proceedings were endorsed by the UN says Kshenuka Seneviratne. “Endorsed by UN secretary general during his bilateral meeting with the president of Sri Lanka in 2010.” Better of our own people Sri Lankan envoy also pointed out to the UNHRC that it should be more constructive to give more time. “Desist from repetitive refrain from accountability providing required time and space for domestic processes already underway on fulfilling its objectives designed for the better of our own people”. Authorities in Sri Lanka has started the official process of inviting the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to visit Sri Lanka soon, Kshenuka Seneviratne told the UNHRC. International Human Rights organisations and campaigners from Sri Lanka were gathered in Geneva during the UNHRC session to inform the delegates about the alleged abuses. Government of Sri lanka had repeatedly denied that human rights abuses had taken place in the country. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It is universally accepted legal principle that consideration needs to be given to international measures only when national domestic recourses unavailable
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