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7/30/2019 World Tamil Conference
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WorldTamilConference
London07-11-2012
ExpressingourappreciationfortheirreportonSriLankabythePanelof
ExpertsappointedbytheUNSecretaryGeneralandnotinginparticular
thereportsacknowledgmentofthepersecutionandexterminationof
theTamilpeopleforpoliticalreasonsonethnicgrounds,
Expressingourappreciationforthefindingsandrecommendationsof
thePermanentPeoplesTribunalonSriLankaheldinDublin.
NotingwithconcernthecontinuingdestructionoftheTamilNationin
theNorthandEastoftheIslandofSriLanka,despitetheendofwarin
May2009,andtheneedforanimmediatearresttothepresent
conditionsofpersecutionoftheTamilpeople
Remindingtheresponsibilitiesoftheinternationalcommunityunder
theRomeStatuteoftheInternationalCriminalCourtandunderthe
doctrineoftheresponsibilitytoprotect(R2P)
WecalluponthememberstatesoftheUnitedNationstourgentlyset
upaninternationalindependentinvestigationintothecomplete
conductoftheSriLankanStateagainsttheTamilNationandspecifically
callforaninvestigationofWarCrimes,CrimesagainstHumanity,and
theCrimeofGenocideagainsttheTamilpeople.
Weurgetheleadersoftheinternationalcommunityandtheglobalcivil
societyto:1)Takeimmediatestepstoprovideforspaceforfreeflowof
informationthatwouldbringtolightastothegroundrealitiesprevailing
intheNorthandEastoftheIslandofSriLanka.2)Tostopdecimationof
theTamilNationbytheSriLankanState.3)TostopSinhalisationofthe
TamiltraditionalHomeland.4)TodemilitarizetheTamilPeoples
Homelandforthepeopletoexercisetheirdemocraticrightsfreefrom
fearofpersecution.