e-3192 (Foreign affairs)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Sri Lanka has accessed Independence on February 4, 1948, from British rule through the amalgamation of two distinct nations, one being the Tamil nation;
- Sri Lanka has accessed, and Canada has signed, the United Nations' Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide;
- Sri Lanka has numerous documented cases of genocidal activities as outlined in Article II of the aforementioned convention;
- The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and its forces have avoided prosecution of those who committed acts of genocide; and
- The GoSL continues to oppress the basic human rights of Tamils to this present day, continuing to perpetuate the structural genocide of the Indigenous Tamil people of Eelam.
- Open for signature
- February 18, 2021, at 6:23 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 20, 2021, at 6:23 p.m. (EDT)