{"id":57153,"date":"2012-10-21T02:29:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T02:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=57153"},"modified":"2012-10-25T10:46:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T10:46:32","slug":"human-rights-watch-blames-russia-china-over-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/human-rights-watch-blames-russia-china-over-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watch Blames Russia, China Over Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York based <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Human+Rights+Watch&amp;x=8&amp;y=1\">Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/span> blamed Russia and China over the failure by the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Sri Lanka during the war to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=International+Criminal+Court&amp;x=13&amp;y=2\">International Criminal Court<\/a><\/span> (ICC).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57154\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/human-rights-watch-blames-russia-china-over-sri-lanka\/richard-dicker_hrw_ci\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-57154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57154\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57154\" title=\"Richard Dicker_HRW_CI\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Richard-Dicker_HRW_CI-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Richard-Dicker_HRW_CI-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Richard-Dicker_HRW_CI.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Dicker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhile war raged in Sri Lanka, Russia and China\u2019s strong support of the government in Colombo thwarted almost all efforts to even discuss the known horrors committed during the war by both sides,\u201d International Justice Director at HRW Richard Dicker told The Sunday Leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst this backdrop, referral to the ICC remained a dim hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the government says it advocates negotiations, mediation and other peaceful means to settle internal and global disputes.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York Dr. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Palith+Kohona&amp;x=11&amp;y=9\">Palith Kohona<\/a><\/span> said that countries must be allowed to create their own local mechanisms to consolidate peace, encourage reconciliation and strengthen democratic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking during a full day debate at the UN on the Security Council on the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kohona\u2019s office said.<br \/>\nKohona said that the rule of law must be understood in the context of individual rights, as well as in ensuring the progress of individuals and societies, particularly with the right to development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United Nations could play a crucial, helpful role in domestic compliance with treaty obligations by helping States build capacity. Close cooperation in applying laws nationally, regionally and internationally was vital to address the growing problem of transnational organized crime and terrorism, which threatened global peace and good order.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Confronting those challenges, Kohona said required close cooperation and capacity-building nationally and regionally, including enforcement by the law.<br \/>\n\u201cUnilateral and selective application of international law rules must be avoided. Sri Lanka had always advocated the settlement of internal and global dispute through negotiation, mediation and other peaceful means. Countries must be allowed to create their own local mechanisms to consolidate peace, encourage reconciliation and strengthen democratic institutions. They must have the much-needed space to begin that restorative process. In such situations, the Organization could address the gaps, taking into account local sensitivities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>*<em>By Easwaran Rutnam &#8211; Courtesy The Sunday Leader\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":57154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[5748,5747],"class_list":["post-57153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","tag-hrw-richard-dicker-on-sri-lanka","tag-human-rights-watch-on-sri-lanka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Human Rights Watch Blames Russia, China Over Sri Lanka - 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