TGTE Adopts Resolution Calling For Prosecution Of Sri Lankan Military And Political Leaders
December 11, 2013
The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam has unanimously adopted the resolution passed by an ‘Assembly of Persons Concerned with the Genocide of the People of Tamil Eelam’ that called for the prosecution of Sri Lankan “military and political actors responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity.”
At the ceremonial first sitting of its second Parliament in the State of New Jersey, USA on 8 December 2013, theTGTE parliament accepted in full the resolution passed earlier on the 29 September, 2013 in London, England by this specially constituted ‘Assembly of Persons’ who in their “plan of action” declared among other that “accountability mechanisms” should be established so that these military and political actors are prosecuted, “under all available means in international law.”
The resolution under Clause 13 stipulated the “accountability mechanisms” that should be pursued:
“We request that the United Nations Security Council refer the high level political and military leaders of Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court for prosecution. If that does not prove feasible, we request that the United Nations General Assembly establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Sri Lanka pursuant to its power under Article 22 of the United Nations Charter that is modeled upon the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.”
The resolution under clause 14 further called for “the people of Tamil Nadu to bring pressure on the Government of India to sue Sri Lanka before the International Court of Justice for genocide under the Genocide Convention of 1948.”
Some of the legal luminaries and eminent persons present endorsing the resolution passed in the London Conference were Geoffrey Robertson QC, Prof. Francis Boyle, David Matas, S V Kirupaharan, Robert Evans, Ali Beydou and Prof Sornarajah.
The Resolution in full accepted and adopted by the TGTE parliament reads as follows:
ASSEMBLY OF PERSONS CONCERNED WITH THE GENOCIDE OF THE PEOPLE OF TAMIL EELAM BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA
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