Reconciliation Audit · Sri Lanka's atrocity-denial gap

சமரசக் கணக்காய்வு — இலங்கையின் கொடுங்குற்ற மறுப்புப் பிளவு

Sri Lanka has ratified ICCPR (Art 20) and ICERD (Art 4) but does not enforce them on majority-targeted-on-minority public incitement, atrocity-denial, or war-crime trivialisation. The pack supplies UK MPs and FCDO with a citation-only audit — anchored in Sri Lanka's own NHRI (HRCSL), CPA, Verité Research and Hashtag Generation, alongside EU Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA — so the enforcement gap is documented without naming individual social-media accounts or aggregating counts.

Audience & use

Audience: UK MPs · FCDO South Asia · APPG for Tamils · Foreign Affairs Committee · EU GSP+ monitoring · OHCHR

Best used for: FCDO written questions on Sri Lanka's ICCPR Art 20 / ICERD Art 4 compliance · GSP+ submissions framing minority-targeted hate as a benchmark, not a Tamil grievance · Westminster Hall debates pairing Tamil grief with Sinhala-majority institutional findings (HRCSL, CPA) · Foreign Affairs Committee written evidence on the structural impunity culture documented by Channel 4 and HRCSL

Remembrance frame

This pack does not ask the UK or the EU to police speech in Sri Lanka. It asks that Sri Lanka be measured against treaties it has already signed, using findings published by its own constitutional human rights commission. Tamil grief is named; Sinhalese citizens are not the adversary; Sinhala-majority institutions are the primary cited authorities.

Two-layer reading

Evidence anchors (Tier-A)

Policy asks

Sample Parliamentary Questions

1. written → FCDO
   What assessment has the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office made of the Government of Sri Lanka's enforcement of Article 20(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on public incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence targeting Tamil, Muslim and up-country Tamil minorities?
2. written → FCDO
   What discussions has the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office had with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on its published findings regarding minority-targeted hate speech and atrocity-denial?
3. written → FCDO
   What weight does the Government give to findings published by the Centre for Policy Alternatives, Verité Research and Hashtag Generation when assessing Sri Lanka's compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination?
4. written → FCDO
   What representations has the Government made on the application of European Union Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA standards as a benchmark for Sri Lanka's GSP+ commitments on combating racism and xenophobia?

Pack-specific safety rules

• Never name an individual social-media account, commenter or family member.
• Never publish or aggregate hate-speech counts on the TLTE surface — defer to Hashtag Generation and Verité published figures.
• Never frame this as a Tamil-vs-Sinhalese conflict. The adversary is the enforcement gap, not a community.
• Always pair a Tamil-source citation with a Sinhala-majority institutional citation (HRCSL, CPA, Verité).
• Never call for the Rwandan genocide-ideology model. Cite Rwanda only as a cautionary comparator.
• Never ask the UK or EU to legislate Sri Lankan speech — only to apply benchmarks Sri Lanka has already ratified.