09/02/2011
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Lanka Independent, Lanka Standard
Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told Lanka Independent this week the UNSG was committed to the recommendations in the Panel of Experts Report on Sri Lanka.
05/13/2011
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The Island
The seemingly orchestrated reaction to the report of the UNSG’s Panel of Experts runs counter to Palihakkara’s prescription of what is required to be done to meet the challenges of reconciliation and accountability. The UNSG visited Sri Lanka in May 2009 at the end of which the UNSG and President Rajapakse issued a joint statement. In that it was stated: "Sri Lanka reiterated its strongest commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights in keeping with international human rights standards and Sri Lanka’s international obligations. The Secretary General underlined the importance of an accountability process for addressing violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. The Government will take measures to address these grievances."
04/23/2011
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South Asian Soundings
Hema Kiruppalini
Research Associate, ISAS
A few days ago, a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant in Canada was accused by the IRB (Immigration and Refugee Board) of war crimes, and if charged, he faces the risk of deportation. He is just one among hundreds of asylum seekers who boarded the MV Sun Sea ship in search of a better future in Canada that is home to the Sri Lankan asylum diaspora. The story of this Tamil migrant appears at a time when a United Nation’s report on war crimes leaked out to the media.
07/11/2010
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Sunday Times
After having failed in its last attempt to get the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to back Sri Lanka against Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the government is making a last ditch effort to convince the 118-member group to take sides in the growing political confrontation at the United Nations.