Pressuring Sri Lanka for Peace
Sri Lanka has failed to hold accountable human-rights violators from its 26-year civil war.
President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 30,
2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
By TAYLOR DIBBERT-Oct. 7, 2015
Last Thursday, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution that seemed, once again, to promote postwar reconciliation and express a broad international consensus for ensuring those who committed serious human-rights violations during the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war are held accountable. The problem is the resolution’s overly diplomatic and, at times, vague language still leaves Colombo with the leeway to continue disregarding the demand for accountability and justice.
