UN OHCHR Special Procedures — "AL LKA 3/2020: Communication to Sri Lanka on KMS

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The most authoritative international legal document on KMS in Sri Lanka. Details that by January 1987 KMS had 38 operatives in Sri Lanka — 17 training the STF, a sniper instructor in the army commando regiment, an advisor to the National Intelligence Bureau, and personnel at Joint Operations Command. Documents that KMS pilots co-piloted helicopter gunships during operations in which civilians were killed, including a 7 June 1986 incident. Raises concerns about command responsibility under IHL Common Article 3 and IHL/IHRL accountability obligations. Sent simultaneously to both the UK and Sri Lanka governments (see also gId=25270 for UK version and gId=25306 for David Walker personally).

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