The Tamil Nadu state government on Wednesday passed a resolution calling on the Indian central government to back an international investigation into the mass atrocities committed during the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka.
"The Tamil Nadu assembly requests the Government of India that if the US takes a stand supportive of Sri Lanka (at the UNHRC), then India must take diplomatic efforts to change that," the resolution stated.
The resolution, tabled by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was passed only a few hours before the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released the findings of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) which called for a special hybrid court to be established.
"The US has now reportedly proposed internal probe by Colombo at the UNHRC and that it was against natural justice. India by itself should move a strong resolution at the UNHRC along with the US seeking an international probe against those who had committed human rights violations and war crimes in contravention to the international rules and conventions," Jayalalithaa was quoted by PTI as saying prior to putting forward the resolution.
The resolution was welcomed by the opposition DMK party too, whose senior member, Durai Murugan described it as a "timely resolution".
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"The Tamil Nadu assembly requests the Government of India that if the US takes a stand supportive of Sri Lanka (at the UNHRC), then India must take diplomatic efforts to change that," the resolution stated.
The resolution, tabled by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, was passed only a few hours before the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released the findings of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) which called for a special hybrid court to be established.
"The US has now reportedly proposed internal probe by Colombo at the UNHRC and that it was against natural justice. India by itself should move a strong resolution at the UNHRC along with the US seeking an international probe against those who had committed human rights violations and war crimes in contravention to the international rules and conventions," Jayalalithaa was quoted by PTI as saying prior to putting forward the resolution.
The resolution was welcomed by the opposition DMK party too, whose senior member, Durai Murugan described it as a "timely resolution".
See here, here and here.