Over 1 million people from around the world have signed a petition calling on the United Nations to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) or establish a credible International Judicial Mechanism to investigate and prosecute “war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed against Tamil people by the Sri Lankan state.”
The petition, also states that the signatories “believe that neither a domestic mechanism nor a hybrid mechanism will mete out justice to the Tamil people.”
The campaign, which is still gathering signatures, was set up in March this year by the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE).
A break down of the geographical locations of the signatories can be found here.