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- Title
The Politics of Prosecution of International Crimes in Sri Lanka.
- Authors
Vanhullebusch, Matthias; Pushparajah, Nadarajah
- Abstract
The international community failed to convince the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to end their armed conflict peacefully. The agenda has now shifted towards investigating international crimes committed in the last phase of the civil war instead. The former and current governments of Sri Lanka have responded ambivalently to the calls of the international community for prosecution of perpetrators before hybrid or national courts and they have skilfully tapped into the grievances of various international, regional and domestic constituencies. Post-conflict justice has different meanings when viewed against a background of counterinsurgency discourse, reconciliation, institutional reform and economic development. As a result, the conflicting priorities between the often selfserving agendas of the different actors have rendered the prospects for prosecution of international crimes in Sri Lanka remote.
- Subjects
SRI Lanka; INTERNATIONAL crimes; INTERNATIONAL criminal law; TAMILILA Vitutalaippulikal (Organization); INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court; CRIMINAL procedure (International law); PROSECUTION; CIVIL war
- Publication
Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2016, Vol 14, Issue 5, p1235
- ISSN
1478-1387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jicj/mqw063