Booklet on Sri Lanka prepared for UNHRC March 2013
C o n t e n t s
Preface ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Executive Summary ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
UN Human Rights Council: 2012 Resolution on Sri Lanka …………………………………………… 5
Excerpts of speeches pertaining to the 2012 Resolution from select countries …….. 7
Excerpts of the speech from Sri Lanka at the March 2012 UNHRC …………………………….. 8
Sri Lanka’s Actions/Inactions Pertaining to Accountability in the HRC Resolution
from March 2012 to February 2013 …………………………………………………………………………………. 8
UN’s actions / inactions pertaining to the HRC Resolution from March 2012 to
February 2013. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
1. Sri Lanka and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of November 2012 …….. 10
2. The UN Internal Review Report on Sri Lanka (November 2012) …………………. 13
3. The UN High Commission For Human Rights …………………………………………………… 16
Actions / inactions pertaining to the HRC resolution by the International
Community from March 2012 to February 2013 ………………………………………………………… 17
Other developments /disclosures between March 2012 and February 2013 ……….. 17
Ethnic Centered Human Rights violations from March 2012 to February 2013 …… 17
1. Highest concentration of Military (Sinhala) to Civilian (Tamil) ratio in the
world: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
2. Sinhala Militarization of Tamil Civilian Life ……………………………………………………… 19
3. Exclusion of Tamils in the Public Sector in Tamil Areas …………………………………. 21
4. Indefinite Detention and Imprisonment of Tamils ………………………………………….. 22
5. New PTA Regulations ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 23
6. Plight of Tamil Women – Rape & Sexual Abuse ………………………………………………… 24
7. IDPs ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 25
8. Attacks On Tamil Media ………………………………………………………………………………………… 25
Realistic possibility of accountability through domestic mechanism ……………………… 25
Reiteration of the call for an international independent investigation …………………… 27
Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28