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outside the context of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) process
and that no judicial action has been taken. The Committee is also concerned at reports of
massive overcrowding, poor hygienic and sanitary conditions, malnutrition, inadequate
medical and psychological assistance and lack of freedom of movement for camp residents
during and after the final stages of the war (arts. 2, 11 and 16).
The State party should:
(a)
Adopt the necessary measures to guarantee the physical integrity and
address the specific needs of internally displaced persons, in accordance with the
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2), including the
medical care and psychological attention they require;
(b)
Ensure that investigations are carried out into the alleged cases of
torture, including sexual violence, against camp residents and that perpetrators of
such acts are brought before the courts;
(c)
Provide mandatory in-service training programmes on human rights,
internal displacement and gender-based violence for members of the military and lawenforcement officials serving in the camps.
Accountability process and the Lessons Learnt Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)
(21) The Committee notes that there have been a number of ad hoc commissions of
inquiry looking into past human rights violations, including the Presidential Commission of
Inquiry to investigate serious cases of human rights violations that occurred since 1 August
2005, which according to the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP)
did not meet international standards of independence, witness and victim protection and
transparency. The Committee notes the information on the mandate, composition and
working methods of the Lessons Learnt Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and the InterAgency Advisory Committee (IAAC), established in May and September 2010,
respectively. The Committee notes the assurances by the delegation of the State party that
the LLRC has the faculty to channel the complaints received “with a possibility of
immediate investigation and remedial action”, and that the Attorney General is
“empowered to institute criminal proceedings based on the material collected during the
course of the recommendations made by the LLRC”. The Committee, nevertheless, regrets
the apparent limited mandate of the LLRC and its alleged lack of independence. In
addition, it regrets the lack of information provided by the State party on the investigations
undertaken into allegations of serious violations of international human rights law, such as
torture, including rape and enforced disappearances, and other forms of ill-treatment that
allegedly occurred during the last stages of the conflict and in the post-conflict phase, as
reported by numerous sources, including the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture,
the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the SecretaryGeneral’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka. The Committee notes that the
State party asserts that the LLRC “has taken cognizance of all the allegations”, but regrets
that it has not received any such information. The Committee notes that the State party
“(…) will await LLRC’s report before considering further action” and that a
“comprehensive answer will be submitted” to this Committee on the establishment of
programmes to assist victims of torture and ill-treatment that occurred during the course of
the armed conflict “once the LLRC’s report is finalized and made public” (arts. 2, 12, 13,
14 and 16).
Following the LLRC initiative, the State party should promptly launch impartial and
effective investigations into all allegations of violations of the Convention, including
torture, rape, enforced disappearances and other forms of ill-treatment, occurred
during the last stages of the conflict and in the post-conflict phase, with a view to
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