On
Sri Lanka, ICP
Asks Darusman
Of Report, He
Cites
Cambodia, DPRK
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, April
17 -- Arguing
for a referral
to the
International
Criminal Court
of North Korea
on April 17
was Marzuki
Darusman, who
previously
chaired a
three member
panel at the
UN about war
crimes in
Sri Lanka.
On that
report, which
the UN
released only
in redacted
form, little
was done in
the first
instance.
After inaction
by the
Rajapaksa
government, a
vote
was held on March 27 at the UN
Human Rights
Council in
Geneva calling
for another
investigation
-
one that the
Rajapaksa
government
says it will
not cooperate
with,
may prosecute
witnesses to.
Inner
City Press
asked Darusman
if he felt his
report on Sri
Lanka, before
this North
Korea report
he did on a
panel with
Australia's
Michael Kirby,
was
successful.
Darusman
responded that
in
Cambodia,
justice took a
long time, but
that each step
moved things
along.
By
contrast to
this week's
Arria formula
meetings of
members of the
Security
Council on
Syria and
North Korea
with full
evidentiary
presentations
of photographs
and witnesses,
the Security
Council did
very little on
Sri Lanka.
Ironically,
while
Michael
Kirby's
Australia was
one of the
three
requesters of
the April
17 Arria
formula
meeting on
Norht Korea,
it has a quite
different
position on
Sri Lanka,
even giving
boats to the
Rajapaksa
government.
Does Australia
respect
Darusman's
views? Has the
Australia
government
asked Darusman
about Sri
Lanka?
By
contrast, the
Security
Council held a
fomal public
meeting this
week
on human
rights in...
Ukraine. Navi
Pillay's
deputy and
prospective
replacement
Ivan Simonovic
recounted
deaths in the
three digits.
One
delegate
exiting the
North Korea
Arria on April
17 made the
contrast,
and referred
to the story
of the child
who complained
too much, like
the boy who
cried wolf.
So
Ukraine human
rights is a
topic for a
formal meeting
of the
Security
Council, but
Sri Lanka
wasn't and
won't be?
Watch this
site.
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