The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka: The Global Failure to Protect Tamil Rights Under International Law [Paperback]

Francis A. Boyle (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0932863701 | ISBN-13: 978-0932863706 | Publication Date: December 8, 2009

Sri Lanka’s government declared victory in May, 2009, in one of the world’s most intractable wars after a series of battles in which it killed the leader of the Tamil Tigers, who had been fighting to create a separate homeland for the country’s ethnic Tamil minority. The United Nations said the conflict had killed between 80,000 and 100,000 people in Sri Lanka since full-scale civil war broke out in 1983. A US State Department report offered a grisly catalogue of alleged abuses, including the killing of captives or combatants seeking surrender, the abduction and in some cases murder of Tamil civilians, and dismal humanitarian conditions in camps for displaced persons. Human Rights Watch said the U.S. report should dispel any doubts that serious abuses were committed during the final months of the 26-year civil war. The report gains added significance since, during these five months, the Sri Lankan Government denied independent observers, including the media and human rights organizations, access to the war zone, and conducted a “war without witnesses.” This book traces the ongoing engagement of international lawyer Francis A. Boyle during the last years of the conflict. Boyle was among the very few addressing the international legal implications of the Sri Lankan Government’s grave and systematic violations of Tamil human rights while the conflict was taking place. This is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Clarity Press, Inc. (December 8, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932863701
• ISBN-13: 978-0932863706
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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  • #21 in Books > History > Asia > Sri Lanka

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Excellant collection of news items that tells why tamils need Tamil Eelam, September 10, 2011

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This review is from: The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka: The Global Failure to Protect Tamil Rights Under International Law (Paperback)

Francis is a professor from Illinois university. He has been following the civil war since the start in 1980s.
In this book, Francis particularly focused Sri lanka govt's genocide of tamils between 2006 to 2009 and how global silence helped Sri lanka to carry out the genocide of tamils. He elaborates every incidents during the war.
It is a must read book if you want to know the history of Tamil Eelam and Sri lanka.