The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (“the IIGEP”) concluded at its meeting in Colombo in November 2007 that it should terminate its observation mission at the end of March 2008, and has informed HE the President of Sri Lanka of its decision. It affirmed this intention at its fifth and final plenary meeting held in Colombo on 17-19 February 2008. It did so with profound regret that more could not have been achieved.
Message from the Chairman I am so happy and privileged to send this message on behalf of the committee of management of the Global Peace Support Group. Global Peace Support Group is a registered charitable organisation. It’s aim are to act as a non-sectarian and non-political organisation to p romote awareness through discussions and dialogues, corroborating with human rights institutions and other similar organisations to address the conflict that besets different parts of the world.
Global Coalition Urges Sri Lanka to Ratify International Criminal Court Treaty
Ratification Would Strengthen Peace Process and Asia’s Voice in the Fight Against Impunity
(New York, 2 August 2005) – In a letter sent today to Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Lakshman Kadirgamar, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) – an international coalition of more than 2,000 non-governmental and civil society organizations that support the International Criminal Court (ICC) – urged Sri Lanka to accede to the Rome Statute of the ICC, the treaty that created the first permanent global court capable of trying individuals accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. In their letter, the CICC urges Sri Lanka to join its neighbors in Asia including Cambodia, East Timor, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Tajikistan and, most recently, Afghanistan, who are all ICC member states, in order to help strengthen Asia’s voice within the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC.