Règle correspondante
Sri Lanka
Practice Relating to Rule 39. Use of Cultural Property for Military Purposes
In 2011, in its Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006 – May 2009, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence stated:
162. While the Humanitarian Operation in the East was reaching its climax, it was decided to open a frontage in the Wanni theatre. …
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169. The recapture of Madhu on 24 April 2008 was considered the first major objective liberated during the Wanni operation due to its significance for Sri Lankan Roman Catholics. The LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] had built bunkers around the church and launched artillery attacks from the premises. It also used the church premises to treat its wounded cadres.
Sri Lanka, Ministry of Defence, Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006–May 2009, July 2011, §§ 162 and 169.
The Ministry of Defence further stated: “On 18 May 2009, Sri Lanka defeated the LTTE, bringing to an end three decades of conflict and suffering.”
Sri Lanka, Ministry of Defence, Humanitarian Operation Factual Analysis July 2006–May 2009, July 2011, § 12.
