VIDEO: SL can be taken to ICC despite govt. contention
July 6, 2011 04:52 pm
The UNP claimed that the allegations hurled against the Sri Lankan forces by international powers can be taken up at a war tribunal with or without the government’s cooperation.
UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera stated this at a press conference held today (July 6) despite Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasignhe stating earlier that no Sri Lankan can be taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) because Sri Lanka is not a signatory of the Rome Statute.
However, he spoke of world leaders who had been brought before the court despite their countries not having signed the statute.
He added that the government should look to appointing a transparent committee in accordance with international laws to look into these allegations seriously in order to ease the international pressure on the country.
Furthermore, Samaraweera stated that the government should also look into investigating and identifying some of the soldiers depicted in the Channel 4 footage and take action against them if they are proven to have committed any crime.
