INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lankas Tamil celebrations have actually written a joint letter to visiting UN rights chief Volker Turk, highlighting the need for a
sincere and genuine method to make sure accountability and reconciliation in the island nation.The letter was signed by agents of political
parties such as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), All Ceylon Tamil Congress, Tamil National Peoples Front, Democratic Tamil National
Alliance and civil organizations.The letter regrets that no significant development on the question of responsibility for crimes dedicated
during the four-decade-long war has been made - now for 16 years since 2009
We are concerned that your see will be utilized and is being used by the Government of Sri Lanka as a workout in boosting their legitimacy
and to compromise the willpower of your office which of the UN Human Rights Council to take concrete actions towards guaranteeing
accountability in Sri Lanka, it said.Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka
The letter was turned over to him Wednesday in the northern province, Tamil celebrations said.This is the first see to Sri Lanka by a human
Turks predecessor Zeid Raad Al Hussein went to Sri Lanka in February 2016
Sri Lankas dispute time accountability has been questioned extensively at the UNHRC sessions given that 2012
As numerous as 4 resolutions have actually been passed by the UNHRC membership which required responsibility by establishing an
international prosecution mechanism for rights abuses blamed on both federal government troops and the LTTE who led a bloody armed dispute
to carve out a different Tamil homeland.The UNHRC action followed a go to by the then UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon immediately after the
conflict ended in May 2009 with the military crushing of the LTTE.Source: PTI-- Agencies
