Conference on International Protection of Human Rights in the 21st Century And its Challenges

Monday, 06 February 2012 13:13

Conference

International Protection of Human Rights in the 21^st Century

And its Challenges

Case Study on Sri Lanka

Organized by

Centre for War Victims and Human Rights (CWVHR)

Date & Time: 2012 February 18^th Saturday 9:30 AM – 04:00 PM

Venue: Pearson Convention Centre

2638 Steels Ave E, Brampton, On, L6T 3L7

International Scholars, Politicians and Human Rights Activists are participating

Discussion of War crimes in Sri Lanka and calling for international investigation &

To bring the attention of The UN Human Rights Council to the continuous human rights violations in Sri Lanka

Above all,

We wish to bring Justice and Peace, Freedom and Harmony to all people in our homeland.

We wish to invite all to join in our endeavors.

Donation $ 30.00, Students $ 20.00

Last Updated on Monday, 06 February 2012 13:15

UN Rights Council: Act on Sri Lanka Report - HRW

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 14:05

Failure to Follow Up Would Be Shameful

September 13, 2011

(Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should act on the recommendations in a report commissioned by the UN Secretary-General detailing grave abuses during the final months of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent the report to the council on September 12, 2011. Ban has said that he would welcome a mandate to establish an international investigation mechanism, the main recommendation of his Panel of Experts report.

In May 2010, Ban commissioned a three-member Panel of Experts to advise him on accountability in Sri Lanka after President Mahinda Rajapaksa failed to investigate alleged laws-of-war violations during the conflict, which ended in 2009. The panel's report, published on April 25, concluded that government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) conducted military operations “with flagrant disregard for the protection, rights, welfare and lives of civilians and failed to respect the norms of international law.” The report also said that tens of thousands of civilians might have been killed during the last five months of the war, the majority by government shelling.

“When a UN Panel of Experts report concludes up to 40,000 civilians died amid war crimes, the Human Rights Council should feel compelled to act,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The council should order a full international investigation – anything less would be a shameful abdication of responsibility.”

More :: http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/13/un-rights-council-act-sri-lanka-report

Alleged Sri Lankan war criminal Jagath Dias withdrawn as diplomat from Berlin

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 13:02

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)

Alleged Sri Lankan war criminal Jagath Dias withdrawn as diplomat from Berlin

According to media reports, Jagath Dias, a former Sri Lankan Army Commander suspected of having committed war crimes, was withdrawn from the Sri Lankan Embassy in Berlin. Dias held the position of a deputy ambassador for Germany, Switzerland and the Vatican State. It is alleged that the former Major General is responsible for war crimes committed during the final phase of the Sri Lankan civil war. During this phase of the conflict, Dias was one of the leading superiors in the field commanding the armed forces. In January 2011, ECCHR sent a comprehensive dossier substantiating the allegations put forward against Dias to the German Federal Foreign Office and requested the withdrawal of his diplomatic visa. In particular, the dossier listed incidents of attacks carried out by the 57th Division under Dias’ command and directed against civilians in no-fire-zones, as well as against hospitals, religious sites and humanitarian institutions.

More ::
http://www.ecchr.de/index.php/sri-lanka.404.html

Sri Lankan situation: the truth must come out :: ABC

Monday, 04 July 2011 15:54

4 July ,2011 ABC

Tonight, ABC's Four Corners will show Killing Fields, the UK Channel 4 documentary that claims to provide evidence of war crimes committed at the end of Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war.

But yesterday, the Sri Lankan High Commission asked the ABC not to broadcast the documentary. The program was shown to the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva last month and has already aired in the UK. The Sri Lankan government claims the documentary contains manipulated videos and is biased. The Sri Lankan government is also claiming it now has the 'original' version of a video that it says has been doctored and sent to the documentary's producers by pro-Tamil groups.

More ::

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2781590.html

Channel 4 Film Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields is a step towards International War Crime Investigation

Thursday, 16 June 2011 12:22

Press release by CWVHR

June 14, 2011

Channel 4 Film Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields is a step towards International War Crime Investigation

The Centre for War Victims and Human Rights welcomes the documentary film

Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. This telecasting by Channel 4 in the UK at 11.05 p.m. today, and later internationally at www.Channel4.com/4oD, will undoubtedly enhance the effort to call for international investigation of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity committed by the Sri Lankan State and other warring parties.

This documentary speaks of volumes of War Crimes committed largely by the Sri Lankan State, under cover of wiping out terrorism. Sri Lankan Military, Navy and Air Force had bombed and shelled hospitals, schools, churches and temples and “no-fire zones” which were declared as such by the armed forces. Thousands of innocent civilians were killed and lost their limbs. Families with their children were brutally bulldozed while seeking protection from bombardment.

The Centre(CWVHR) believes that this film can change the consciousness of the world, if not the conscience of Sri Lankan State and its rulers.

This Documentary poses the question to the Human Rights World as to what prevented them from saving thousands of innocent lives, while over 100,000 perished in April and May 2009 alone. Was it fear, prejudice, or lack of courage and respect towards humanity?

CWVHR is willing to assist any International Investigation on War crimes with hundreds of testimonies and witnesses who were present in the war zone while War crimes were committed. Thousands of witnesses in Wanni where these atrocities were committed will come forward with their stories, if an internationally guaranteed witness protection programme is established. The Centre also can present hundreds of sworn affidavits testifying to these war crimes.

It is the responsibility of the International Community including Canada to support the report of UN Experts Panel which says there is credible evidence to warrant investigation of War Crimes committed by Sri Lankan State on innocent Tamils.

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