Sri Lanka’s President pictured here with the Governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal (L) and his brother Basil Rajapaksa, the Economic Development Minister (R) has repeatedly called the war a…
Image from Joe Klamar/AFP/GETTY Early last year I set about examining, as a recent graduate, the feasibility of any citizen of Sri Lanka being tried in the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the…
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Leaked versions of the UN Panel’s report found their way into . The UN had earlier expressed its deep regret over the leak to mainstream print media in Sri Lanka. Accusations between Palitha…
has contextualised in detail the Executive Summary and Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the leaks. published today Part 7 which deals with credible allegations of war crimes by the Sri Lankan Government and its armed…
In less than two weeks since the Darusman Report (hereinafter referred to as the Report) was handed over to the United Nations Secretary General (hereinafter referred to as UNSG), a large number…
Original photo from JDS Ensuring ‘accountability’ is important, but doing so is a complex task. Who is to ensure accountability, when, where, how? – are questions which have always aroused serious debate,…
has contextualised in detail the Executive Summary and Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the leaks. , the conditions faced by IDPs interned in camps after the end of war, allegations of the use…
The report on accountability produced by the panel appointed by the UN Secretary General hasn’t yet officially released it to the public domain. What little is known of its contents comes from…
has covered in detail the Executive Summary and Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the leaks. published today Part 5, which focusses on the conditions faced by IDPs in the aftermath of the violent denouement…
has covered in detail the Executive Summary and Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the leaks. published today Part 4, which focusses on the significant discrepancies between the United Nations and the…
published today Part 3, which focusses on the shelling of hospitals. As before, we provide context and background information to frame these highlights. Please be warned that some of the following highlights…
newspaper on Saturday. On the 17th and 19th of April, the newspaper published two more excerpts from the body text of the report. Going by the newspaper’s introduction to Part 1, we…
We reproduce in full a statement by the Tamil National Alliance that responds to a large excerpt from the report of the UN Panel of Experts looking into allegations of war crimes…
: The numbers do not add up. Census says 430,000 people resided in the Vanni mid-2008. A year later, 290,000 are shepherded by the Army into “welfare centers” where one hundred men,…
