Reconciliation Audit Dossier: Post-War Accountability & Denial

நல்லிணக்க தணிக்கை ஆவணம்: போருக்குப் பிந்தைய பொறுப்புக்கூறல் மற்றும் மறுப்பு

This dossier comprises evidence used by the Reconciliation Audit Desk to monitor Sri Lanka's post-war reconciliation progress, focusing on institutional failures, atrocity denial, and the structural impacts of militarisation in the Tamil North-East. It establishes a factual record from UN and independent Sri Lankan sources against which official narratives are assessed.

This dossier, 'unmai-reconciliation-audit', contains the core evidentiary base for auditing post-war reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka. It systematically documents the gap between established facts, particularly concerning wartime abuses and their aftermath, and official state narratives or public discourse. It matters because it moves beyond mere grievance documentation, aiming to provide an evidence-led framework for evaluating reconciliation that challenges 'both-sides' equivalency. The dossier grounds its claims in Sinhala-majority institutional findings (HRCSL, CPA, Verité Research) and UN investigations (OHCHR OISL), making its critiques harder to dismiss as partisan. The strongest citations establish that ongoing militarisation has created a 'victor's peace' conducive to criminal economies and human rights violations, rather than a genuine environment for post-conflict healing. Furthermore, they demonstrate a persistent pattern of atrocity denial regarding well-documented events and accountability failures for successive transitional justice mechanisms. Independent monitoring of hate speech and minority rights reinforces that these issues are current and systemic, not historical. An open question for the dossier is how to effectively translate this audited evidence into actionable policy recommendations within a political context resistant to external scrutiny and internal institutional reform.

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