HR High Commissioner Misuses His Power, Co-President-GSLF
The Co-President of Global Sri Lanka Forum, GSLF Mr. Janath Wimala of Israel urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to cease singling out Sri Lanka for disproportionate criticism and demanding of unfair actions based on the recommendations made by special rapporteurs Ms. Monica Pinto.
A team of Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF, led by its Co-Presidents Sunil Chandrakumara (UAE), Wasantha Keerthirathna (Italy), Janath Wimala (Israel) and Eric Makkawita (Swiss) with Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera from Sri Lanka discredited the one sided pro-LTTE Tamil terrorist separatists report issued by UN Special Rapporteurs Ms. Monica Pinto on Sri Lankan judiciary system which recommends foreign judges to special courts to try Rana Viruvo in the Island, in a special side event held in UNHRC premises in Geneva on 15th and 16th June 2017
Mr. Janath Wimal delivered a statement to the human rights body in Geneva, and raised the concerns over that the High Commissioner is immune from law suit and because of his diplomatic immunity citizens of Sri Lanka cannot be taken for a grant as they cannot file a case against the High commissioner. He raised that High Commissioner should not take it as an excuse to continue to belittle the Sri Lanka and its citrizen.
The full text of the speech delivered by Mr. Janath Wimala is as follows;
Mr. President,
We know as per the Viaena declaration, the promotion and protection of human rights is a matter of priority for the international community.
We also know that the terroists are the worst human right violators, for, terrorism is massacring the innocents to achieve a political aim.
Our country suffered from terrorism for nearly three decades. And we, our forces, defeated the most ruthless terrorists organization of the world, the LTTE, and protected the human rights of all the people in the country.
We crushed the LTTE on 19th May 2009 and on 27th May 2009, a resolution passed at UNHRC congratulating us for our achievement. But now, very unfortunately our soldiers are charged with war crimes and in consequence two reports by the Special rapporteurs , one on torture and the other on Independence of Judiciary have been filed.
In neither of those reports is there a systematic analysis of Sri Lankan cases. Both the rapporteurs explicitly place their work in the context of resolution 30/1 and unreservedly endorse the recommendations of it.
The report we submitted in March which you have acknowledged has established a prima facie case that the OISL report is highly compromised and lack in credibility.
As the special rapporteurs have accepted the recommendations of the OISL report their conclusions are tainted beyond repair and hence cannot be considered as additional support to justify the High Commissioner’s claim about the purported lack of impartiality and independence of Sri Lankan judiciary.
Incompetence is a technical matter which can be addressed by additional training/education but the alleged lack of impartiality and independence goes to the character of the judges and considered an insult to the Sri Lankan judiciary which is an institution with a history of 200 years.
The High Commissioner is immune from law suit and because of his diplomatic immunity citizens of this country cannot file against the High commissioner but he should not take it as an excuse to continue to belittle the Sri Lankan judiciary and make statements of derogative in nature.
Thank you
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