UN failed in Sri Lanka, says Dieng
[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 December 2013, 04:11 GMT]
United Nation's Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide to the Secretary General (SG), Adama Dieng, said during a UN panel discussion Wednesday that not only the United Nations but all member states failed the people of Sri Lanka. He implied that while the SG did not make use of Article 99 which bestows power on the SG to refer to the Security Council situations that threatened international security, the SG set up panels to identify witnesses and has now set up the "Rights Up Front plan," which might have prevented the situation [killings] in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, Amady Ba, the Deputy Prosecutor to the International Criminal Court, referring to the killings, said that the ICC has no jurisdiction over countries that are not party to the Rome Statute.
United Nation's Special Advisor on Prevention of Genocide to the Secretary General (SG), Adama Dieng, said during a UN panel discussion Wednesday that not only the United Nations but all member states failed the people of Sri Lanka. He implied that while the SG did not make use of Article 99 which bestows power on the SG to refer to the Security Council situations that threatened international security, the SG set up panels to identify witnesses and has now set up the "Rights Up Front plan," which might have prevented the situation [killings] in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, Amady Ba, the Deputy Prosecutor to the International Criminal Court, referring to the killings, said that the ICC has no jurisdiction over countries that are not party to the Rome Statute.
| Adama Dieng responds |
The Genocide panel discussion was moderated by Mr. Tunku
Varadarajan, a Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover
Institution.
Mr. Amady Ba represented Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, the Prosecutor of the ICC
who couldn't attend the event.
In the videos, Amady Ba and Adma Dieng were responding to the following question from the audience:
In the videos, Amady Ba and Adma Dieng were responding to the following question from the audience:
| Amady Ba of ICC responds |
"Could each speaker explain their perspective on handling difficult
situations such as a precursor to what happened in Syria namely Sri
Lanka, where allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and
genocide have been raised continuously since the end of armed conflict
in 2009, but Sri Lanka is not a party to the Rome Statute and the UN
Security Council has been polarized politically (just like Mr. Haid
said) whenever the situation of Sri Lanka is raised? Meanwhile, UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has reported that continuing
impunity for Sri Lanka's atrocities in 2009 has enabled further
deterioration in the situation -economic, social, cultural, personal
security- of the Tamil and Muslim communities. What options for recourse
and justice do Tamil victims have in situations like Sri Lanka, and how
can issues of international justice and accountability be
de-politicized (as many of you have questioned) to truly end impunity?
Specifically with regards to Mr. Ba (reprentative member of ICC) -- can
the prosecutor's propio motu powers be used against Sri Lanka?" and
could the Secretary-General use Article 99 to take action to protect the
Tamil community on the island?
UN Genocide panel answering questions
Amady Ba, Deputy Prosecutor ICC
Adama Dieng, Adviser to SG on Prevention of Genocide
Amady Ba refers to the "Proprio
motu" power which is used to refer to a decision by the Prosecutor of
the International Criminal Court to initiate an investigation into a
situation without a referral from the Security Council or a State Party;
this power is granted by article 15(1) of the Rome Statute.
Ba says the Prosecutor is helpless since Sri Lanka is not a party to the Rome Statute. In an earlier CNN interview, the former ICC Prosecutor, O'Campo also said the same.
On 17 July 2012, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Adama Dieng of Senegal as Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Mr. Dieng has served as Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda since 2001. He began his career as Registrar of the Regional and Labour Courts in Senegal, and served as Registrar of the Supreme Court of Senegal for six years. From 1982 to 2001, Mr. Dieng worked for the International Commission of Jurists, for the last ten years as the organisation’s Secretary-General. During this period he was appointed as Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General to Malawi in 1993, and as the United Nations Independent Expert for Haiti from 1995 to 2000.
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Ba says the Prosecutor is helpless since Sri Lanka is not a party to the Rome Statute. In an earlier CNN interview, the former ICC Prosecutor, O'Campo also said the same.
On 17 July 2012, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Adama Dieng of Senegal as Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Mr. Dieng has served as Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda since 2001. He began his career as Registrar of the Regional and Labour Courts in Senegal, and served as Registrar of the Supreme Court of Senegal for six years. From 1982 to 2001, Mr. Dieng worked for the International Commission of Jurists, for the last ten years as the organisation’s Secretary-General. During this period he was appointed as Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General to Malawi in 1993, and as the United Nations Independent Expert for Haiti from 1995 to 2000.
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