Sowing the Seeds of Conflict

Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, February 18, 2021

Letter to HCHR Sowing-the-Seeds-of-Conflict Feb 18 2021

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Chair of the ‘Elders’ Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland
Juan Manuel Santos, the Nobel Peace Prize winning former president of Colombia

All the former UN Human Rights High Commissioners since the Human Rights Council was established in 2006 have signed the open letter – Louise Arbour, Navanethem Pillay and Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations (2012-2016)
Adama Dieng, Former Special Adviser to the Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide (2012 – 2020)
Charles Petrie, former United Nations Assistant Secretary General, Head, Secretary General’s Internal Review Panel on United Nation’s Actions in Sri Lanka (2012)
Marzuki Darusman, Secretary General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka (2010-2011)

Nine special rapporteurs who have visited Sri Lanka

PRESS RELEASE
18 FEBRUARY 2021
OPEN LETTER BY 20 EMINENT PERSONS ON SRI LANKA PRIOR TO UPCOMING4 6TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.
Twenty eminent persons, including but not limited to, two former Heads of State, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a former Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, and four former United Nations High Commissioners for Human Rights, submit a call to action to the international community to ensure immediate steps are taken towards justice and accountability to end Sri Lanka’s cycles of violence.

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Further reading:

  1. USTPAC Applauds U.S. Lawmakers’ Letter-Writing Campaign to Secretary Clinton
  2. ICG: Action Plan, But No Action
  3. Creating Historical Fiction on Mu’l’livaaykkaal

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