A leaked UN document raises concerns over the prospects for genuine justice for the Sri Lankan victims of alleged war crimes.
Channel 4 News has been supplied with the leaked document which critics claim could pre-empt and undermine September’s Human Rights Council discussion on a UN’s long-awaited investigation into crimes committed at the end of Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war.
According to the UN tens of thousands of Tamil civilians died in the closing stages of the Sri Lankan military’s war against the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers.
The UN says most of those civilians died in government shelling as they were crammed into ever-diminishing “No Fire Zones” – though the Tamil Tigers are also alleged to have committed grave abuses including suicide bombings and the use of human shields.
see: http://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka-united-nations-justice-war-crimes-inquiry
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DM (29 juillet 2015). “Sri Lanka justice: leaked UN document casts doubts” by Channel 4. SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 12 octobre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/u8r9