联合国建议斯里兰卡成立战争罪特别法庭 UN Recommends Special Court for Sri Lanka War Probe

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联合国星期三公布的一份报告指出,斯里兰卡本国的司法系统不可靠,应当利用一个特别法庭来负责任的审理26年内战期间的违法行为。

这个建议是在有关斯里兰卡内战的报告中提出的。 联合人权办公室认为,在政府军与寻求泰米尔独立的反政府武装冲突中,有人可能犯下了战争罪和反人类罪。据广泛接受的估计,战斗导致10万人死亡 。

联合国的报告说,斯里兰卡应当参考其他国家使用国际法官、检察官、律师和调查人员的方式。

联合国人权事务高级专员侯赛因说,“单靠斯里兰卡国内法院程序,无法克服几十年暴力、渎职和食言所引发的广泛和有理由的猜疑。”

报告赞扬斯里兰卡新政府表示致力于追究责任,但是报告详细列举了多个障碍,其中包括缺乏保护受害者和证人的有效系统。

The United Nations released a report Wednesday saying Sri Lanka cannot rely on its own justice system and instead should use a special court to achieve accountability for violations that took place during the country's 26-year civil war.

The recommendation came as part of a report on what the U.N. Human Rights office said were possible war crimes and crimes against humanity during the conflict that pitted government forces against rebels seeking independence for the nation's Tamil minority. The fighting killed up to 100,000 people, according to widely accepted estimates.

Sri Lanka, the report said, should look to the way other countries have used international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators.

"A purely domestic court procedure will have no chance of overcoming widespread and justifiable suspicions fueled by decades of violations, malpractice and broken promises," U.N. rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.

The report praised Sri Lanka's new government for its stated commitment to seek accountability, but detailed multiple obstacles such as what it said is the lack of a reliable system to protect victims and witnesses.