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The Sri Lankan government rejected calls for an independent international inquiry but instead on 15 May 2010, nearly a year after the end of the civil war, President Rajapaksa appointed the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission to look back at the conflict Sri Lanka suffered for 26 years. [14]
The Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka was a 2011 report produced by a panel of experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon to advise him on the issue of accountability with regard to any alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. [1]
A second Truth and Reconciliation Commission opened in 2005. [20] [21] There has also been a local truth commission for Jeju island. Sri Lanka Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. After an 18-month inquiry, the commission submitted its report to the President on 15 November 2011.
After the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War, recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) (December 2011), included investigations into the disappearances and abductions of persons to ensure accountability and responsibility on them. [5]
In March 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Commission drafted a resolution on "Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka" and requested its High Commissioner Navi Pillay to undertake a comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and human rights abuses that have taken place during the war ...
On 29 July 1987, Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene which stated the devolution of powers to the provinces. [3] Hence on 14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No ...
[17] [18] Sri Lanka's credit was also downgraded as a result of the crisis, [19] [20] while the United States and Japanese governments froze more than a billion US dollars worth of development aid. November saw industrial activity in Sri Lanka slow as a result of the crisis, falling 3.7% from October to November, the largest seen since it began ...
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor (2001) Historical Clarification Commission, Guatemala (1994) Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (2010), Sri Lanka; List of truth and reconciliation commissions; Reconciliation and Unity Commission (proposed 2005), Fiji; Truth and reconciliation in Myanmar