The current pattern of human rights violations reflects the new dynamics of war.
Sri Lanka is not a failed state. It is actually a powerful and stable, if racist, state.
Tamils have gathered in large numbers across the eglobe to demand their collective rights, including all those due to a people The visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour was preceded by two important events in Sri Lanka. On 24 September, the LTTE issued a statement that coincided with the sessions of the United Nations General Assembly. The statement urged the international community to recognise the concept of the sovereignty of the Tamil people and to give them the opportunity to express their aspirations as in the case of the peoples of Kosovo and East Timor. The...
Nothing is absolute – not even international commitment to another state’s territorial integrity.
Though only recently invested in international law, the world is already facing a rhetoric-implementation gap on R2P.
The global war on terror is a smokescreen used by governments to wipe out opponents
Currently there are 750,000 IDPs in Sri Lanka. And the humanitarian situation is critical and worsening by the hour.
The attitudes amongst the Sinhala community is cause for cynicism amongst those attempting to bring about a new constitution and thereby find a solution to the protracted ethnic conflict.