18. October 2010


 

Media Release

 

Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) letter to Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and International Crisis Group -

Judge us on performance, not prejudice

The independence and impartiality of the LLRC in all fairness must be judged by the performance of the Commission and not on the basis of pre-conceived notions.

The Commission notes with greater regret, the indirect aspersions you have cast on hundred of fellow citizens who were the victims of this conflict and several responsible civil society organizations of our country, who have already made representations before the Commission, so states the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission in a letter to the International Crisis Group, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International that jointly turned down its invitation to them to place evidence before it.  

The letter from the Commission further states ‘despite your ill-founded misgivings about the outcome of the Commission’s work, the Commission will strongly safeguard its independence and will continue to work towards fulfilling its mandate by addressing important issues raised by witnesses, including matters relating to International Humanitarian Law, reconciliation, governance and other related issues’.