# Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka

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Source This report submitted to the UN Secretary-General on March 31, 2011 and made public on April 25, 2011 is regarding the human rights violations, war crimes and other violations that took place during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PANEL OF EXPERTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY IN SRI LANKA
31 March 2011
Abbreviations and Acronyms
| AGA | Additional Government Agent |
| CAT | Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CFA | Ceasefire agreement |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
| CRC | Convention on the Rights the Child |
| EMPPR 2005 | Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulation, No. 1 of 2005 as amended |
| EPPTSTAR 2006 | Emergency (Prevention and Prohibition of Terrorism and Specified Terrorist Activities) Regulation, No. 7 of 2006 as amended |
| GA | Government Agent |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| HRCSL | Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka |
| IAAC | Inter-Agency Advisory Committee |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICC-NHRI | International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICTR | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| IDPs | internally displaced persons |
| IIGEP | International Independent Group of Eminent Persons |
| INGO | international non-governmental organization |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| JVP | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or People’s Liberation Front |
| LLRC | Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission |
| LST | Law & Society Trust |
| LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| MBRL | Multi-Barrel Rocket Launchers |
| MSF | Médecins Sans Frontières |
| NFZ | No Fire Zone |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| NHRI | national human rights institution |
| OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OLA | Office of Legal Affairs |
| PARC | Protective Accommodation and Rehabilitation Centre |
| PLOTE | People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam |
| PSO | Public Security Ordinance, No. 25 of 1947 |
| PTA | Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979 |
| PTK | Puthukkudiyiruppu |
RDHS REPPIA RPG SIOTs SLA SLAF SLMM STF TID TMVP TRC TRO UAV UNDSS UNHCR UNICEF UNITAR UNOPS UNOSAT UPFA USD WFP
Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims Regional Directors of Health Services Rehabilitation of Persons, Properties and Industries Authority rocket-propelled grenade Special Infantry Operations Teams Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Air Force Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission Special Task Force Terrorist Investigation Department Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Palikal Truth and Reconciliation Commission Tamils Rehabilitation Organization unmanned aerial vehicle United Nations Department of Safety and Security Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children’s Fund United Nations Institute for Training and Research United Nations Office for Project Services UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme United People’s Freedom Alliance United States Dollar World Food Programme
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PANEL OF EXPERTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY IN SRI LANKA
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