Sri Lanka's point unlikely to find takers in U.N.

March 14, 2012
R. K. RADHAKRISHNAN

Sri Lanka's argument at the United Nations Human Rights Council is unlikely to win it many friends since it insists that for the purpose of fixing accountability, the clock started ticking only on December 16, 2011 — the day a committee that probed the root causes of the ethnic problem submitted its report to Parliament.

Sri Lankan forces had overwhelmed the Tamil Tigers on May 19, 2009.

Sri Lanka says following the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Committee's report, three committees were set up to oversee the implementation of the recommendations — the subcommittee, the Cabinet committee, and a court of inquiry by the Army. Hence, it questions the need for international pressure .

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