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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12357122" data-attributes="member: 92282">Pushed to the wall on the US sponsored resolution against it at the  UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Sri Lankan government is now  trying to stall the vote citing legal and procedural implications. On Wednesday, the Sri Lankan government representatives circulated a  14-point document among diplomats and lobbyists at the UNHRC, picking  holes on the resolution. But human rights activists in Geneva told Firstpost that such last ditch efforts are unlikely to yield any result. The backers of the resolution are firm in their resolve. The main argument of the Lankan government is that the resolution  will lead to the Council “taking on the character of a tribunal that  will exceed its mandate” and that it will lead to polarisation of  people. It will also derail the reconciliation process. It is the first time that the Council is taking up past issues, the  note said. “The resolution undermines the cardinal principle and well  entrenched rule of international law that demands the exhaustion of  domestic remedies. Suspicion and criticism of domestic remedies  undermines also the judicial process in democratic countries, and  introduces a political dimension that attacks the independence of the  judiciary.”First post</blockquote>

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