Cross party group of UK MPs call for international inquiry into genocide

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Mar 12, 2013

In a statement the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils called on the UN to create an "International Commission of Investigation into the allegations of War crimes, Crimes against Humanity and the Crime of genocide against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka" and urged the member states of the UNHRC to strengthen the current proposed draft "so that it will have meaningful action on the ground; bringing the individuals who were responsible for the violation of International Humanitarian Law, including extra-judicial killings, sexual violence and enforced disappearances to account."

Falling short of an immediate call for a boycott of CHOGM or a change of venue, the MPs said:

"We wish to see Sri Lanka demonstrate that it will adhere to all of this and Commonwealth Values; democracy, human rights, religious freedom and freedom of speech for all. If they do not do this then CHOGM 2013 should be held elsewhere."

See full statement here.

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