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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Sri Lanka: Address Rights Rollback at
Review
(Geneva) – United Nations members should urgeSri Lanka to
act on accountability for abuses at its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on
November 1, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. Sri Lanka must also be reminded
of its international obligations to protect free expression and to stop
intimidation of civil society and the media during its UPR at the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva.
The UN scrutinizes the human rights record of each member state every four years, and this review allows governments to examine Sri Lanka's rights record and make recommendations for improvements. Sri Lanka’s last UPR, in 2008, occurred during the conflict between the government and the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which ended in May 2009.
UN Should Focus on Accountability, Media, and Civil Society
Governments should use the UPR to question
Sri Lanka’s deteriorating human rights situation and make recommendations for
meaningful change. Of particular concern is the government’s ongoing failure to
hold anyone to account for numerous deadly abuses by both sides during Sri
Lanka’s long war.
(Geneva) – United Nations members should urgeSri Lanka to
act on accountability for abuses at its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on
November 1, 2012, Human Rights Watch said today. Sri Lanka must also be reminded
of its international obligations to protect free expression and to stop
intimidation of civil society and the media during its UPR at the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva.The UN scrutinizes the human rights record of each member state every four years, and this review allows governments to examine Sri Lanka's rights record and make recommendations for improvements. Sri Lanka’s last UPR, in 2008, occurred during the conflict between the government and the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which ended in May 2009.
“Governments should use the
UPR to question Sri Lanka’s deteriorating human rights situation and make
recommendations for meaningful change,” said Brad Adams, Asia director. “Of
particular concern is the government’s ongoing failure to hold anyone to account
for numerous deadly abuses by both sides during Sri Lanka’s long war.”
In its 2012 submission for the review, the Sri Lankan government claims that it has taken measures to implement the recommendations made during the 2008 UPR to “investigate all allegations of extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary killings.” However, there is no evidence that any such investigations have occurred. The government also said it would strengthen grievance mechanisms and pursue investigations of attacks against media and civil society. Instead, those abuses have continued, with senior officials publicly threatening those who advocate for government accountability. The government has also failed to censure any official implicated in such acts of intimidation.
In its 2012 submission for the review, the Sri Lankan government claims that it has taken measures to implement the recommendations made during the 2008 UPR to “investigate all allegations of extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary killings.” However, there is no evidence that any such investigations have occurred. The government also said it would strengthen grievance mechanisms and pursue investigations of attacks against media and civil society. Instead, those abuses have continued, with senior officials publicly threatening those who advocate for government accountability. The government has also failed to censure any official implicated in such acts of intimidation.
