聯合國建議斯里蘭卡成立戰爭罪特別法庭大綱

The United Nations released a report Wednesday saying Sri Lanka cannot rely on its own justice system and instead should use a special court to achieve accountability for violations that took place during the country's 26-year civil war.

The recommendation came as part of a report on what the U.N. Human Rights office said were possible war crimes and crimes against humanity during the conflict that pitted government forces against rebels seeking independence for the nation's Tamil minority. The fighting killed up to 100,000 people, according to widely accepted estimates.

Sri Lanka, the report said, should look to the way other countries have used international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators.

"A purely domestic court procedure will have no chance of overcoming widespread and justifiable suspicions fueled by decades of violations, malpractice and broken promises," U.N. rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.

The report praised Sri Lanka's new government for its stated commitment to seek accountability, but detailed multiple obstacles such as what it said is the lack of a reliable system to protect victims and witnesses.聯合國星期三公佈的一份報告指出，斯里蘭卡本國的司法系統不可靠，應當利用一個特別法庭來負責任的審理26年內戰期間的違法行爲。

這個建議是在有關斯里蘭卡內戰的報告中提出的。 聯合人權辦公室認爲，在政府軍與尋求泰米爾獨立的反政府武裝衝突中，有人可能犯下了戰爭罪和反人類罪。據廣泛接受的估計，戰鬥導致10萬人死亡 。

聯合國的報告說，斯里蘭卡應當參考其他國家使用國際法官、檢察官、律師和調查人員的方式。

聯合國人權事務高級專員侯賽因說，“單靠斯里蘭卡國內法院程序，無法克服幾十年暴力、瀆職和食言所引發的廣泛和有理由的猜疑。”

報告讚揚斯里蘭卡新政府表示致力於追究責任，但是報告詳細列舉了多個障礙，其中包括缺乏保護受害者和證人的有效系統。