March 8, 2012 After Carefully consideration of the draft resolution, Promoting Reconciliation andAccountability in Sri Lanka, submitted to Human Rights council of Sri Lanka, the Asian Human Rights Commission is of the view that the resolution is conducive to promote therule of law in Sri Lanka and will enhance the betterment of all communities by promotingreconciliation and accountability.
In the past the Asian Human Rights Commission has categorically stated that Sri Lankahas suffered an exceptional collapse of rule of law, that its once functioning publicinstitutions have become dysfunctional, that the separation of powers has suffered a great set back, that the powers of the parliament and the judiciary have been diminished, that freedom of expression and association has been serious curtailed, thatthe personal freedoms of all citizens have been challenged by illegal arrest, detention, forced disappearances and extra-judicial killings, that that powers of the military, para-military and intelligences services have been greatly enlarged and the possibility ofaccountability of grave crimes does not exists.More on sri lanka