Demilitarisation of the North-East
வடக்கு-கிழக்கு படை விலக்கம்
The post-2009 military footprint, occupied land, and the case for sequenced, monitored demilitarisation. Pairs with Petition-01.
- · UK MPs
- · FCDO
- · Defence Committee
- · International Development Committee
- · Adjournment debates on Sri Lanka
- · FCDO PQs on military footprint and land return
- · Letters supporting OHCHR Accountability Project mandate renewal
- · Briefings on civilian safety in the Northern and Eastern Provinces
Demilitarisation is not anti-military — it is pro-civilian. The ask is sequenced reduction, civilian oversight, and land return, not the removal of a national army.
Cited Tier-A evidence is open and unresolved. UK is a co-sponsor of UN HRC accountability resolutions but implementation is uneven. Statements honour memory; evidence remains under-actioned.
Statements are backed by structured packs. Each anniversary produces tabled PQs, FCDO follow-ups, and a tracked answer. Memory becomes evidence; evidence becomes policy; policy becomes repair.
Evidence anchors
Each anchor carries a stable E-id for citation in correspondence, PQs, and parliamentary submissions.
- E.demilitarisation-northeast.001OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) 2015 — section on militarisation
- E.demilitarisation-northeast.002OHCHR periodic reports on Sri Lanka — post-2015
- E.demilitarisation-northeast.003Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research — Mullaitivu / Northern militarisation studies
- E.demilitarisation-northeast.004PEARL — Withering Hopes (post-war militarisation analysis)
- E.demilitarisation-northeast.005International Crisis Group — Sri Lanka: A Bitter Peace (2010)
- E.demilitarisation-northeast.006Sri Lanka 2030 pledge to right-size the security sector — official statements
Policy asks
- UK Government (FCDO)Publicly press Sri Lanka to publish a transparent, time-bound demilitarisation plan with civilian-led oversight in the North-East.
- UK Government (FCDO)Support OHCHR Accountability Project reporting on military land occupation and Sinhalisation patterns.
- UK MPsTable written PQs on UK assessment of base footprint reduction and land return progress since 2015.
Sample Parliamentary Questions
- written→ FCDO
What recent representations has the Government made to Sri Lanka on demilitarisation of the Northern and Eastern Provinces?
- written→ FCDO
What assessment has the Government made of the pace of military land return to private owners in the Northern Province?
- oral→ FCDO
Will the Government support continued OHCHR reporting on military presence and land occupation in Sri Lanka?
Pack-specific safety rules
- · Never name serving police or military personnel. Never publish base coordinates beyond what UN reports already disclose.
- · Always frame this as multi-community: Tamil, Eastern Muslim, Up-country Tamil, and multi-faith clergy share the civilian safety interest.
- · Pair every UK FCDO ask with a Tier-A UN or OHCHR citation.
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