India Abstains from Voting on UNHRC Resolution Critical of Sri Lanka

India abstained from voting on the resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) critical of Sri Lanka and aims to establish a central international database to enable future persecutions of war crimes.

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Resolution 46/L1 has decided, among other things, to “strengthen” the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights to collect evidence and develop possible strategies for future accountability processes for gross violations of human rights in Sri Lanka.

It refers to “persistent” lack of accountability for rights abuses committed through the years by “all parties” in Sri Lanka, including the LTTE.

Most seriously, it expresses a lack of confidence in the ability of the present government in Colombo to address the shortcomings.

Among the 14 countries that abstained were Japan, Indonesia, Bahrain and Nepal. Among the 11 that voted against were China, Cuba, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Russia, and Venezuela.