CASE No - Inter-Parliamentary Union

CL/183/SR.1
ANNEX XXXII
SRI LANKA
CASE No. SRI/12 - JAYALATH JAYAWARDENA
CASE No. SRI/48 - D.M.S.B. DISSANAYAKE
CASE No. SRI/49 - JOSEPH PARARAJASINGHAM
CASE No. SRI/50 - GAJENDRAKUMAR PONNAMBALAM
CASE No. SRI/51 - SELVARAJAH KAJENDREN
CASE No. SRI/52 - SENATHIRAJAH JAYANANDAMOORTHY
CASE No. SRI/53 - NADARAJAH RAVIRAJ
CASE No. SRI/54 - SIVANATHAN KISHORE
CASE No. SRI/55 - T. KANAGASABAI
CASE No. SRI/56 - K. PATHMANATHAN
CASE No. SRI/57 - THANGESWARI KATHIRAMAN
CASE No. SRI/58 - P. ARIYANETHRAN
CASE No. SRI/59 - C. CHANDRANEHRU
CASE No. SRI/61 - THIYAGARAJAH MAHESWARAN
CASE No. SRI/62 - MANO GANESAN
CASE No. SRI/63 - D.M. DASSANAYAKE
CASE No. SRI/64 - KIDDINAN SIVANESAN
Resolution adopted unanimously by the IPU Governing Council at its 183 rd session
(Geneva, 15 October 2008)
The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Referring to the cases of the parliamentarians listed above, as outlined in the report of the
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/183/12(b)-R.1), and to the resolutions adopted
at its 182 nd session (April 2008) on the above cases, and having before it the case of Mr. Mano Ganesan,
which has been the subject of a study and report of the Committee on the Human Rights of
Parliamentarians following the Procedure for the treatment by the Inter-Parliamentary Union of
communications concerning violations of the human rights of members of parliament,
Having before it the written report of its delegation on the mission to Sri Lanka carried out
in February 2008, including the observations provided on it by the authorities and the parliamentarians
concerned,
Taking account of the letter by the Acting Secretary General of Parliament of 8 August
2008, forwarding a progress report on the cases in question established by the Police Headquarters, as
well as of a further progress report forwarded by the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva on
13 October 2008,
Also taking account of the information provided by Dr. Jayawardena on the occasion of the
119 th IPU Assembly,
Considering the following new information and allegations on file:
- regarding Dr. Jayawardena: on 10 June 2008, the Appeal Court allowed Dr. Jayawardena’s
application for a Writ of Mandamus, directing the police authorities to provide him with a
jeep or other suitable vehicle for as long as was warranted; according to the progress report
established by the Police Headquarters, as of 2 July 2008 the police have provided
Dr. Jayawardena with “a brand new vehicle from the fleet of the Police fleet”, which,
according to Dr. Jayawardena, is a Tata Cab that cannot exceed 40 km/h; the Police
Department has reportedly launched a malicious campaign to tarnish Dr. Jayawardena’s
reputation and depict him as a pro-LTTE parliamentarian, which puts his life at great risk;
he submitted a complaint to the National Police Commission and Parliament’s Privileges
Committee, which is nevertheless without a Chairman at present and meetings have been
indefinitely postponed; in addition, in August 2008, Dr. Jayawardena was prevented from
performing a religious retreat at the Madhu Shrine for which permission had been granted
to him since 1994; on 14 August 2008 he was ordered by Major General Lalith Daulagalla
to leave the Church immediately as the Secretary of Defence had not granted permission
for him to stay there, adding that he was an opposition member of parliament; the matter
is now pending before the National Human Rights Commission;