{"id":51935,"date":"2016-02-09T23:43:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T05:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=51935"},"modified":"2016-02-09T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T23:26:40","slug":"is-this-news-true-it-appeared-in-a-tamil-web-international-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/02\/09\/is-this-news-true-it-appeared-in-a-tamil-web-international-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"IS THIS NEWS TRUE. IT APPEARED IN A TAMIL WEB INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Noor Nizam.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>THE NEWS.<\/p>\n<p>An eleven-member Consultation Task Force will enforce provisions of the US-backed resolution which was jointly sponsored by Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council in Geneva last year.Its work will be carried out with the help of a UN expert who will arrive in Colombo next week. He is Pablo de Greiff, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence. This will be part of an Action Plan formulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as stated in a confidential document circulated to Western countries and India as part of the implementation of the UNHRC (UN Human Rights Council) Resolution titled promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka adopted by the UNHRC in October, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The framework for the consultation process, already formulated, will have two phases \u2014 a web-based process in all languages and a face-to-face consultation process which will focus on specific stakeholders \u2013including children, military, disabled combatants, widows and ex-child combatants. The web-based process will begin after Mr. de Greiff arrives. According to the Action Plan, the consultation process will be victim centric\u201d and will be completed within three months. The 11-member Committee named by the Government comprises Manouri Muttetuwegama (Chairperson), Dr. Pakiasothy Saravanamuthu (Secretary), Gamini Viyangoda, Prof. Chitralekha Maunaguru, Visakha Dharmadasa, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Dr Farzana Haniffa, Shantha Abhimanasingham PC, Mirak Raheem, Prof. Daya Somasunderam and Gameela Samarasinghe.<\/p>\n<p>The Task Force, which will report to a Steering Committee on Reconciliation and the Prime Ministerial Action Group (PMAG) will consult stakeholders on design of the domestic mechanisms. The Steering Committee is now speaking to experts and researching on options available, according to a Government note seen by the Sunday Times. It says the actual designing and presentation of legislation to Cabinet and Parliament will begin only once the process of consultations concludes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the subject of commencing a dialogue with persons of Sri Lankan origin overseas,\u201d the note says 267 out of 424 individuals and eight entities out of 16 entities that were listed under the UN Security Council resolution 1373 in 2014 were de-listed in 2015.\u201d It says that the Government is working with the private sector to organise a month-long festival in June 2016 for persons of Sri Lankan origin, inviting them to re-visit Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noor Nizam. Peace and Political Activist and Political Communication Researcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noor Nizam. THE NEWS. An eleven-member Consultation Task Force will enforce provisions of the US-backed resolution which was jointly sponsored by Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council in Geneva last year.Its work will be carried out with the help of a UN expert who will arrive in Colombo next week. 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