India expressed concern by Lanka at UNHRC over Tamil issue: Basics Explained

September 13, 2022
by rajeev
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India expressed its concern over of the lack of any measurable progress by the Sri Lankan government on its commitment towards reaching a political solution on the Tamil issue. at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council,

urging its crisis-hit neighbour to fully implement the 13th Amendment and hold provincial council elections at the earliest. It said it had always pushed for “justice, peace, equality and dignity” of ethnic Tamils through a political settlement within the framework of a united Sri Lanka.

The 13th Amendment provides for devolution of power to the minority Tamil community in the island nation, which India wants to be implemented. It was brought in after the Indo-Sri Lankan agreement of 1987, but the Sinhala majority hardliners of the ruling SLPP want a total abolition of the island’s provincial council system established back then.

LEARNING FROM HOME/ WITHOUT CLASSES/ BASICS

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them. It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.

UN human rights chief Austrian Volker Türk

The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The Human Rights Council replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights.The Council was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 March 2006 by resolution 60/251. Its first session took place from 19 to 30 June 2006.

The Council members are elected for a period of three years by the majority of members of the General Assembly through direct and secret ballot.While members of the Council serve for a period of three years, they are not eligible for immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms.