INSD calls for Democratisation, Devolution & Demilitarisation

Sunday, 18 November 2012 

We, the participants at the 2012 annual INSD conference from Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, United Kingdom, India and Sri Lanka, comprising Sinhalese, Tamils and others,

• Condemn all killings and human rights violations that has happened an continue to occur in Sri Lanka

• Commit ourselves to work closely and proactively with the civil society inside Sri Lanka as well as in other countries, especially in India

• Call on the Sri Lankan government to:

*Consider withdrawing the impeachment of the Lanka based on widespread concerns that this is politically motivated

*Immediate release all political prisoners who have not been charged after several months and years of detention, improvement of prison conditions and safety of the

*To make a formal public announcement of it's commitment not to abolish the 13 towards a lasting political solution in Sri Lanka which goes beyond the parameters of the 13

*Speedily implement the constructive recommendations of the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission, especially to demilitarize the North and East of Sri Lanka

* Initiate and agree to a credible independent inquiry into the allegations of violation of international rights laws in the last phase of the war in 2009

*Agreed by participants at the conference ”Between Quest for Peace and Peace keeping - steps to Justice and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka”, organized by INSD in corporation with GEKODEM 9th-11th November 2012.