Committee requests ‘revised response’ from UK over petition on taking Sri Lanka to ICC

<p>Britain’s Petitions Committee has called on the UK government to give a “revised response” to a petition which has gathered over 17,000 signatures, calling on Britain to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court.</p> <p>The Petitions Committee, made up of a group of MPs who oversee the petitions system, said the response from Britain to the petition “did not directly address the request of petition”.</p> <p>The Committee has “therefore written back to the Government to ask them to provide a revised response”.</p> <p>Last month the British government responded to the petition by saying "international criminal justice and accountability is a fundamental element", however maintained that the UN Human Rights Council resolutions were the best way of achieving accountability.</p> <p>See the full text of the petition <a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/225395">here</a>.</p>