மீண்டும் தமிழர்களை ஏமாற்றிய இணைத்தலைமை நாடுகள்

எதிர்வரும் வாரம் ஆரம்பமாகவுள்ள ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபை மனித உரிமைகள் ஆணைக்குழுவின் கூட்டத்தொடரில் பிரித்தானியாவை தலைமையாகக் கொண்ட இணைத்தலைமை நாடுகளால் முன்வைக்கப்படவுள்ள தீர்மானம் 2015 ஆம் ஆண்டு முன்வைக்கப்பட்ட தீர்மானத்தை விட வலிமையற்றது எனவும், ஒட்டுமொத்த தமிழ் மக்களும் ஏமாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.

அவர்கள் சமர்பிக்கவுள்ள தீர்மானத்தின் பூச்சிய இலக்கம் கொண்ட வரைபு இலக்கு ஊடகத்திற்கு கிடைத்துள்ளது.

அதில் உள்ள முக்கிய விடயங்கள் வருமாறு:

இனப்படுகொலை, போர்க்குற்றங்கள் என்ற வார்த்தைகள் முற்றாக தவிர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

தமிழர்கள் என்ற சொல்லை பயன்படுத்துவதை தவிர்த்துள்ளனர். அதாவது அங்கு இடம்பெற்ற மனித உரிமை மீறல்கள் என்பது பொதுவானது, தமிழ் மக்களுக்கு எதிரானது அல்ல என்பது அறிக்கையின் சாராம்சம்.

சிறீலங்காவின் ஒருமைப்பாட்டை தீர்மானம் உறுதிப்படுத்துகின்றது.

சிறீலங்கா அரசு அமைத்த காணாமல்போனோர் அவலுவலகத்தின் செயற்பாட்டை தீர்மானம் பாராட்டியுள்ளது.

சிறீலங்காவை அனைத்துலக குற்றவியல் நீதிமன்றத்தில் பாரப்படுத்துவதற்கான எந்தவித கோரிக்கைகளும் இல்லை.

ஐ.நா மனித உரிமை ஆணையாளரின் அறிக்கையில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட எந்த விடயங்களும் உள்ளடக்கப்படவில்லை. உதாரணமாக பொருளாதாரத் தடை, பயணத்தடைக்கான கோரிக்கைகள்

முஸ்லீம் மக்களின் இறந்தவர்களின் உடல்களை எரிக்கும் அரசின் செயற்பாட்டை கண்டித்துள்ளது.

தீர்மானத்தில் ஒரு இடத்தில் முஸ்லீம் மக்கள் என்று குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது, ஆனால் சிறீலங்காவில் தமிழ் மக்கள் இருப்பதற்கான அடையாளத்தையே தீர்மானம் மறைத்துள்ளது.

மாகாணசபை தேர்தலை நடத்த வேண்டும் என கூறும் தீர்மனம், அதனை பொதுவாகவே தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

சிறீலங்கா மேற்கொள்ளும் விசாரணைகள் தொடர்பில் ஐ.நா மனித உரிமை ஆணைக்குழு எதிர்வரும் 49 மற்றும் 51 ஆவது கூட்டத்தொடர்களில் அறிக்கை சமர்ப்பித்து அதனை நாடுகள் விவாதிக்கும் என தீர்மானம் நிறைவு பெறுகின்றது.

தீர்மானத்தின் ஆங்கில வடிவத்தை நீங்கள் கீழே பார்க்கலாம்.

19 February 2021

46th Session of the Human Rights Council

Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka

The Human Rights Council, 

PP1: Guided by purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, reaffirming  the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recalling the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant instruments, 

PP2: Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 19/2, 22/1 25/1, 30/1, 34/1 and 40/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka, 

PP3: Reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka, 

PP4: Reaffirming also that it is the primary responsibility of each State respect, to promote and fulfill human rights as well as to ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of its entire population, 

PP5: Deploring the acts of terrorism which occurred in Sri Lanka in April 2019 leading to high numbers of injuries and deaths,

PP6: Acknowledging the holding of free and transparent democratic elections in November 2019 and August 2020, 

PP7: Taking note of the passage and operationalization of the twentieth amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka while stressing the importance of democratic governance and independent oversight of key institutions, and also encouraging the Government to respect local governance including holding of elections for provincial councils, and ensure that all provincial councils are able to operate effectively, in accordance with the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka,

PP8: Reaffirming that all Sri Lankans are entitled to the full enjoyment of their human rights without distinction of any kind such as religion, belief or ethnic origin, in a peaceful and unified land,

PP9: Acknowledging the progress made by the Government of Sri Lanka in rebuilding infrastructure, demining, land return, resettling internally displaced persons and improving livelihoods,  

and encouraging further efforts in these areas, 

PP10 Welcoming the continued commitment by the Government of Sri Lanka to remain engaged with and seek the assistance of the United Nations and its agencies, including human rights mandates and mechanisms, in capacity building and technical assistance,  

PP11: Reaffirming also that measures taken to combat terrorism must comply with States’ obligations under international law, in particular international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law,

PP12: Emphasizing the importance of a comprehensive approach to dealing with the past incorporating the full range of judicial and non-judicial measures, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice, provide remedies to victims, avoid recurrence of violations of human rights and promote healing and reconciliation,

PP13: Recognizing that mechanisms to redress past abuses and violations work best when they are independent, impartial and transparent; and use consultative and participatory methods, that include the views from all relevant stakeholders including, but not limited to, victims, women, youth, representatives from various religions, ethnicities, and geographic locations as well as people from marginalized groups,

PP14: Recalling the responsibility of States to comply with their relevant obligations to prosecute those responsible for gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, 

PP15: Noting with appreciation the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights towards the promotion and protection of human rights and truth, justice, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka, 

OP1: Welcomes the oral update presented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council at its forty-third session and the report of Office of the High Commission for Human Rights at its forty-sixth session; 

OP2:  Also welcomes the positive engagement between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights between 2015 and 2019, urges the continuation of such engagement and calls on Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights;

OP3: Acknowledges the progress achieved by the Office on Missing Persons and the Office for Reparations and stresses the importance of maintaining support to these institutions, safeguarding their independent and effective functioning, providing both offices with sufficient resources and technical means to effectively fulfill their mandates, allowing them to proceed with interim relief measures for affected vulnerable families, with a gender focus, and resolving the many cases of enforced disappearances so that families of the disappeared can know their fate and whereabouts;

OP4: Stresses the importance of a comprehensive accountability process for all violations and abuses of human rights committed in Sri Lanka, including those by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as highlighted in the OISL report of September 2015; 

OP5: Notes the persistent lack of accountability through domestic mechanisms and regrets that the domestic Commission of Inquiry announced on 22 January 2021 lacks independence and does not include a mandate to pursue accountability for past gross violations of human rights, or for serious violations of international humanitarian law, 

OP6: Recognises the importance of preserving and analysing evidence relating to violations and abuses of human rights in Sri Lanka with a view to advancing accountability and decides to strengthen the capacity of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to consolidate, analyse and preserve information and evidence and develop possible strategies for future accountability processes for gross violations of human rights or serious violations of international humanitarian law, to advocate for victims and survivors, and to support relevant judicial proceedings in Member States with competent jurisdiction;

OP7: Expresses serious concern over emerging trends over the past year, which represent clear early warning signs of a deteriorating human rights situation in Sri Lanka, including the accelerating militarization of civilian government functions, erosion of the independence of the judiciary and key institutions responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights, ongoing impunity and political obstruction of  accountability for crimes and human rights violations in “emblematic cases”, policies that adversely affect the right to freedom of religion or belief i, surveillance and intimidation of civil society and shrinking democratic space, arbitrary detentions, allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman degrading treatment or punishment and sexual and gender based violence, and that these trends threaten to reverse the limited but important gains made in recent years and risk the recurrence of policies and practices that gave rise to the grave violations of the past; 

OP8  Expresses further concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on freedom of religion or belief and exacerbated the prevailing marginalisation and discrimination suffered by the Muslim community, and that the Government of Sri Lanka’s decision to mandate cremations for all those deceased from COVID-19 has prevented Muslims and members of other religions from practicing their own burial religious rites, and has disproportionately affected religious minorities and exacerbated distress and tensions,

OP9: Calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure the prompt, thorough and impartial investigation and, if warranted, prosecution of all allegations of gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law including for longstanding emblematic cases,

OP10: Also calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to ensure the effective and independent  functioning of the National Human Rights Commission, the Office on Missing Persons and the Office for Reparations;

OP11: Further calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to protect civil society actors, to investigate any attacks and ensure a safe and enabling environment in which civil society can operate free from hindrance, insecurity and reprisals;

OP12: Requests the Government of Sri Lanka review the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and ensure that any legislation to combat terrorism complies with its international human rights and humanitarian law obligations; 

OP13: Urges the Government of Sri Lanka to foster religious freedom and pluralism by promoting the ability of all religious communities to manifest their religion, and to contribute openly and on an equal footing to society; 

OP14: Encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to continue to cooperate with special procedures mandate holders, including responding formally to outstanding requests; 

OP15: Also encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and relevant Special Procedures mandate holders to provide, in consultation with and with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka, advice and technical assistance on implementing the abovementioned steps,

OP16: Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to enhance its monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, including progress on reconciliation and accountability, and to present a written update to the Human Rights Council at its forty-ninth session, and a comprehensive report including further options for advancing accountability at its fifty-first session, both to be discussed in interactive dialogues.