The law that already exists.
None of TLTE's demands is novel. Each one is grounded in an international instrument or a domestic statute that already binds — or already empowers — the institutions involved. This page is the reference shelf.
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
Defines enforced disappearance as a crime under international law. Establishes the right to truth, the right to reparation, and (under Article 5) qualifies widespread or systematic enforced disappearance as a crime against humanity.
Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (revised 2016)
The international standard for investigation of potentially unlawful deaths, including in mass-grave contexts. Sets out chain-of-custody, autopsy, and witness-protection requirements.
UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID)
Receives, transmits, and follows up on cases. Sri Lanka has long carried one of the largest outstanding country caseloads on the WGEID register.
OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL), 2015
The foundational UN human-rights documentation of the final phase of the armed conflict and its aftermath, including patterns of enforced disappearance.
UN Human Rights Council resolutions on Sri Lanka
Resolutions 30/1, 34/1, 40/1, 46/1, 51/1 — the chain of HRC mandates including the Sri Lanka Accountability Project established in 2022.
UN Panel of Experts Report on Sri Lanka, 2011
The independent expert assessment commissioned by the UN Secretary-General. Documents credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity by both parties, with disappearance among the central patterns.
UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 60/147. Establishes that victims of gross violations of international human-rights law have the right to truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence.
Office on Missing Persons Act No. 14 of 2016 (Sri Lanka)
Domestic statutory framework establishing the OMP. Performance under the Act is part of any accountability assessment.
- · Every demand on /institute/chemmani/demands cites one or more of these instruments.
- · The Live Accountability Dashboard measures institutional behaviour against obligations these instruments create.
- · Method describes how citations are handled.