Category: UN & Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Precedent : UNHRC attempting to create a Global Court overriding UNGA/UNSC approval
In March 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted Resolution 46/1, creating an unprecedented external accountability mechanism for Sri Lanka. This was a significant step beyond from the UNHRC’s original mandate,...
Sri Lanka vs. UNHRC: How High Commissioners abused mandates, exceeded authority, and politicized Human Rights
We are concerned about the consistent manner that successive UN High Commissioners for Human Rights have been involved or caved into pressure by a handful of bloc nations using the UNHRC to exert...
Why Didn’t Volker Türk go digging for 40,000 skeletons in Mullivaikkal?
Volker Türk’s recent visit to Sri Lanka felt more like a political performance than a serious humanitarian mission. At a time when the world’s attention is rightfully on the unfolding catastrophe in Gaza...
UNHRC High Commissioners’ Bias & UN Charter Violations: Sri Lanka 2006–Present
The following summarizes how successive UN High Commissioners for Human Rights have, through their actions and demands, overstepped their mandates, ignored their oath to the UN Charter and violated international law and Sri...
UNHRC’s Guide to “Grave Diplomacy” – 19 Skeletons from 1990s – no 40,000 Skeletons from 2009
Step aside Iran-Israel crisis! Forget the 6,000 missing Tamils from LTTE’s own torture chambers in Thunukkai. Disregard thousands of Tamil children turned into child soldiers. Never mind the 146 Buddhists killed in Sacred...
How the Govt of Sri Lanka must reply to the UNHRC Head
The Govt of Sri Lanka is elected to uphold the sovereignty & territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. Thus, the Govt of Sri Lanka is bound to uphold national sovereignty against the current beyond...
UNHRC Head ignores Iran-Israel crisis to fly to Sri Lanka to lay flowers for dead LTTE terrorists
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has long been accused of double standards, politicization, and selective justice. The UNHRC Head is currently in Sri Lanka on a 3 day visit with a tight schedule....
UNHRC must apologize & retract all Reports & Resolutions against Sri Lanka (2009-present)
Sri Lanka’s conflict ended in May 2009. The UN that silently watched 30 years of LTTE terror & mayhem did little to prevent civilian killings. Yet when Sri Lankan Government authorized counter-terrorism action...
Will the UNHRC Head meet Tamil Victims of LTTE Terror or only Tamils who defend LTTE?
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is currently in Sri Lanka inspite of the devastation taking place in Israel, Iran & Gaza. He is scheduled to tour the Northern Province. His visit...
