Nambiar facing calls for ICC investigation

By JOSEPH ALLCHIN
Published: 25 February 2011

Vijay Nambiar speaks to reporters before he leaves Rangoon in November 2010 (Reuters)

Acting UN special envoy to Burma, Vijay Nambiar, is facing calls from two Sri Lankan rights group to be included in an investigation into the army’s execution of surrendering Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.
The charges were submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the US-based Tamil’s Against Genocide (TAG) and the Swiss Council of Eelam Tamils (SCET). They refer to Nambiar’s time as the UN’s Chief of Staff when he was sent to Colombo to aid negotiations towards an end to the country’s lengthy civil war.Nambiar facing calls for ICC investigation. Full Story>>>