Chennai: Former Union health minister and Parliamentarian Dr Anbumani Ramadoss has appealed to the UNHRC to immediately refer Sri Lanka to the General Assembly and the International Criminal Court (ICC) for perpetrating genocide and also the killing Indian fishermen.
“The President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka have repeatedly stated that no international involvement will be allowed, contrary to commitments made in resolution 30/1. As the next step of non-compliance, Pasumai Thaayagam strongly recommends that the UNHRC must immediately refer Sri Lanka to General Assembly and the International Criminal Court,” he said.
Speaking at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, on Wednesday, he pointed out that it was time the UNHRC and the International Community respected the rights of Tamils to exercise the right to self determination and find a lasting solution through a referendum.
“The Tamils in Sri Lanka has been subjected to constant racial abuses, ethnic cleansing and structural genocide since its independence, which culminated in the killings of more than 1,00,000 Tamils in 2009 by the Sri Lankan Government forces. Even after 8 years justice has not yet reached the victims,” he said.
The structural genocide of Tamil Eelam continues as Sinhalisation, land grab and military presence in the Tamil region remains. The democratically elected Tamil Nadu assembly in India representing 78 million Tamil people, had unanimously passed three resolutions demanding a judicial tribunal on war crimes and genocide and conducting a referendum.
