GTF calls on member states to support UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka

The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has called upon all member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to support the new resolution on Sri Lanka sponsored by the core group of countries that include Canada, Germany, Malawi, Montenegro, North Macedonia and UK.

The GTF statement also calls on non-member countries of the UNHRC to co-sponsor the resolution. “This will ensure that human rights and accountability in Sri Lanka remain on the international agenda and the hope of the thousands of victims of violence in Sri Lanka for justice is not abruptly extinguished,” it stressed. 

“The Tamil community in Sri Lanka suffered enormously during the war, and twelve years on accountability and justice are completely denied to them. There are also victims from other communities who are seeking answers about the fate of their loved ones. For all those who were denied due process and justice in Sri Lanka, the international community through its concerted initiatives at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), has provided much needed hope,” the statement adds. 

Keeping Sri Lanka firmly on the international (UNHRC) agenda and systematically preparing towards delivering justice under opportune circumstances are crucial when Sri Lanka is “showing every sign of being at a tipping point to transform into an authoritarian, militarised and exclusively majoritarian state,” the GTF insists.