UNHRC Resolution 30/1 (2015) — Co-sponsored Commitments on Reconciliation (Sri Lanka)

Summary

Sri Lanka co-sponsored UNHRC Res. 30/1 (2015) committing to a transitional justice architecture including a truth commission, a special court incorporating international judges, a reparations mechanism, and an office on missing persons. Sri Lanka under Rajapaksa subsequently withdrew co-sponsorship (2020); the Wickremesinghe government has shown limited commitment to implementation.

Relevance to the diaspora

Tamil diaspora organisations closely monitor compliance with Res. 30/1 commitments as a benchmark; the partial establishment of some mechanisms (OMP) but failure to establish the special court with international judges is the central accountability gap cited in diaspora advocacy.

Key provisions

• Para 4 — four transitional justice mechanisms: truth commission, special court, reparations office, OMP
• Para 4(d) — special court to incorporate 'Commonwealth or other foreign judges, defence lawyers and investigators'
• Para 10 — land release from military
• Para 15 — repeal or reform of PTA

Primary source

Related entries

• → UN Human Rights Council Resolution 46/1 (2021) — Sri Lanka Accountability (UN)
• → Office on Missing Persons Act No. 14 of 2016 (Sri Lanka) (LK)
• → UN Basic Principles on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation 2005 (van Boven/Bassiouni Principles) (UN)

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