Call for Accountability: Addressing Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka 🕊️

• National Context & Figures: • Credible international sources estimate between 60,000 to 100,000 enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka since 1971. • Sri Lankan commissions of inquiry record 43,000 cases, while Amnesty International estimates 30,000 to 60,000 deaths/disappearances during the 1987–1990 period. • Key Regional & Forensic Incidents: • Excavation at the Chemmani mass grave in the North revealed remains of over 400 individuals, including children. • The country currently lacks the forensic infrastructure and systematic DNA database required for victim identification. • Legal & Policy Framework: • Signed the International Convention for Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ratified via Parliament act in 2016). • Under international and domestic law, unresolved disappearances remain active, ongoing violations requiring credible investigation and prosecution, rather than closure through unfulfilled promises.