by Malinda Seneviratne
There’s a bill currently at the ‘Committee Stage’ in the UK’s House of Lords which that country’s High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton, cannot pretend to be unaware of. It’s called ‘The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill.’ The second reading of the Bill was passed by Parliament last September by 331 to 77.
It was essentially a bipartisan piece of legislation with just 18 Labor MPs opposing it, along with the SNP and Liberal Democrats. The Labor leadership urged Labor MPs not to vote against it. They were ordered to abstain, warning that those voting against it would have to resign any posts they held. MPs Olivia Blake and Beth Winter duly stepped down from their roles. Nadi Whittome, the shadow health secretary’s parliamentary private secretary (PPS), was sacked.
The role of UN-created accountability mechanisms in the global flight against impunity: what s next?
Statement delivered by Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands-Kehris on behalf of Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
20 January 2021
I am grateful to the Government of the Netherlands and the International Commission of Jurists for convening this important and timely discussion on the issue of accountability. It is a pleasure to share this opening panel with Minister Blok and Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. They have both deployed enormous effort in this area of such concern to the international community.
As we embark on the work of rebuilding our societies from the upheaval and destruction created by COVID-19, we need to address the racial, economic and social injustice that the pandemic has laid bare and expanded. We need to tackle the enormous accountability gaps that preceded the pandemic, accelerating its impact.
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On March 6, Simon Papuashvili of the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Alexandre Prezanti of Global Diligence LLP filed their fourth communication to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to international crimes in Ukraine. The filing presents a case against a key military commander based on evidence collected by […]
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