Internally displaced Sri Lankans: the UNHCR decided not to press for an inquiry
The vote by the United Nations Human Rights Council to congratulate the Sri
Lanka Government on its victory over the Tamil Tigers and to ignore calls
for an inquiry into possible war crimes is a disgrace.
It marks a victory for all those countries facing domestic insurgencies who
fear any serious investigation into their behaviour.
the usual suspects — China, Russia, India and
Pakistan — who supported the Sri Lankan resolution, on the grounds that the
conflict there was an internal matter and that the council should not
intervene on the conduct of the war. A clutch of Asian and Muslim countries,
also wary of outside inspection of their record, also voted not to launch an
inquiry
This fails the most elementary test of what the council is supposed to do.
Human rights violations occur largely as a result of conflict.
clipped from: www.timesonline.co.uk 