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MISSÕES GENERAL DIPLOMÁTICAS JAGATH JAYASURIYA SURINAME Jagath Jayasuriya COLÔMBIA recebe suas credenciais no Suriname e se Sri Lanka, maio de 2009: Jagath Jayasuriya usa encontra com o uma boina negra. A sua direita está Shavendra Ministro da Defesa Silva (comandante da divisão 58) e a sua direita, em junho de 20169. Jagath Dias (comandante da divisão 57). PERU JAGATH JAYASURIYA Jagath Jayasuriya foi nomeado embaixador em agosto de 201512 e chegou em novembro, BRASIL juntamente com sua esposa, Manjulika13. JAGATH DIAS SHAVENDRA SILVA “Estou disposto a investigar alegações, alegações Jagath Jayasuriya específicas, não quero varrer apresentou suas credenciais na nada para debaixo do tapete”. Colômbia em fevereiro de 201710. JAGATH JAYASURIYA (2011)1 O embaixador Jagath Jayasuriya compareceu à CHILE cerimônia de posse Como alto oficial do Alegações de que Jagath do presidente em exército, Jagath Jayasuriya Jayasuriya, em sua função Lima em 28 de julho 11 nomeia uma equipe de de Chefe do Estado- de 2016 . seis membros para que Maior da Defesa, tentou CARREIRA MILITAR investiguem: (a) a morte mobilizar o exército para de civis durante a última que interferisse nas fase da guerra civil, eleições presidenciais (b) a informação contida de janeiro de 2015, nas gravações do canal proporcionando segurança. de televisão britânico Foi interceptado um Channel 4 sobre a execução memorando, supostamente de prisioneiros tâmeis assinado por Jagath Comandante Comandante 7 DE AGOSTO2 A 15 DE JULHO 15 DE JULHO amarrados e nus por Jayasuriya em dezembro de forças de divisão 52 DE 2009: Chefe do quartel- Nomeado comandante segurança de general das forças de 19 do exército do soldados3.Esta investigação Nomeado Chefe 2014, que abre caminho Jaffna segurança de Vanni (também Sri Lanka. inocentou o exército no do Estado-Maior para que o exército conhecido como "campo tocante a sua conduta geral da Defesa6. realize operações de Joseph"), com o comando de Promovido a durante a guerra4, segurança durante a todas as ofensivas do final tenente-general. mas deixou fora do informe Promovido a campanha eleitoral7. da guerra, entre 2008 e as alegações sobre General. Jarasuriya se nega a Jayasuriya 2009, na região de Vanni, execuções sumárias5. comentar o fato. apresentou suas no norte do Sri Lanka. credencias à então NOTA JUNHO presidenta Dilma Esta investigação foi Jagath Jayasuriya se Rousseff no palácio determinada pelo próprio aposenta do exército. presidencial (Palácio do Jagath Jayasuriya para Planalto) em investigar sua própria JULHO Brasília14. conduta. E, além disso, Segundo informações Nomeado embaixador 4 dos 6 membros da equipe da imprensa, estiveram envolvidos nas Jagath Jayasuriya teve operações da guerra, o que um pedido de visto8 sugere um sério conflito de para os Estados Unidos interesse. negado por causa de seu papel na guerra civil. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 HIERARQUIA OPERACIONAL DAS RESPONSABILIDADE DIFERENTES UNIDADES DO EXÉRCITO DE SRI LANKA EM VANNI (DE ACORDO DE COMANDO COM A ONU)21 "É um mérito do general comando saberia exatamente o Jagath Jayasuriya ter que fez, mas, de maneira QUARTEL-GENERAL DE OPERAÇÕES ADJUNTAS (COLOMBO) participado ativamente da geral, eu sei e sou o preparação da estratégia responsável pela forma como militar e de todas as tudo ocorreu." operações em Vanni". QUARTEL-GENERAL DO COMANDO DE BRIGADA DE REGIMENTO DE FORÇAS QUARTEL-GENERAL DO 19 JAGATH JAYASURIYA EXÉRCITO EM JAFFNA REGIMENTO ARTILHARIA ESPECIAIS EXÉRCITO EM VANNI 15 PORTAL OFICIAL DO EXÉRCITO . (JAGATH JAYASURIYA) SUPOSTOS CRIMES PERÍODO Jagath Jayasuriya is alleged to bear As alegações de crimes de guerra e individual criminal responsibility as crimes contra a humanidade que pesam commander for the following war crimes DIVISÃO DIVISÃO DIVISÃO DIVISÃO DIVISÃO GRUPOS sobre o general Jagath Jayasuriya se and crimes against humanity that were 53 55 57 58 59 DE OPERAÇÃO referem ao período entre 7 de agosto de committed by the military units under AD HOC 2007 e 14 de julho de 2009, quando his command during the conflict: estava no comando das forças de segurança de Vanni, na região situada no • Tortura e violência sexual em 16 norte do Sri Lanka . campo Joseph; BRIGADA BRIGADA BRIGADA BRIGADA DIVISÃO GRUPO DE AÉREA MÓVEL 55.1 57.1 58.1 59.1 OPERAÇÕES 2 SEU PAPEL • Amplas e sérias violações da lei humanitária internacional, incluindo Como chefe das Forças de Segurança ataques contra pessoas e edifícios de Vanni, Jagath Jayasuriya estava no protegidos, assassinatos; BRIGADA DE BRIGADA BRIGADA BRIGADA DIVISÃO GRUPO DE comando da região durante a última INFANTARIA OPERAÇÕES 3 etapa do conflito no Sri Lanka, • Desaparecimentos e execuções 55.2 57.2 58.2 59.2 MECANIZADA entre 2008 e 2009, e era o responsável extrajudiciais no final da pela coordenação dos ataques na guerra (referentes às rendições de zona de guerra17. bandeira branca). BRIGADA BRIGADA DIVISÃO GRUPO DE A população civil foi submetida a BRIGADA BRIGADA OPERAÇÕES 4 "Como chefe das Forças de ataques indiscriminados, deslocamentos 57.3 58.3 59.3 Segurança de Vanni, cada forçados, escassez de água, alimentos e 53.3 55.3 operação militar realizada no material sanitário, além de não terem norte do país estava incluída abrigo adequado. Divisões militares sob comando direto de Jagath Jayasuriya BRIGADA GRUPO DE na área tática de foram cruciais na execução da ofensiva 57.4 OPERAÇÕES 8 responsabilidade sob meu de Vanni. comando. Estive ativamente envolvido na execução, no CADEIA DE COMANDO DO EXÉRCITO DO SRI LANKA (JUNHO 2008 A MAIO 2009) 1 Sri Lanka offers to probe ‘specific’ war crime claims, Note this is not the only report of Sri Lankan military officers ambassadors-appointed terreno, das diretivas do Lanka Business Online, 2 June 2011, [AFP story], http://www. being denied visas: US Wants Lankan Troops Investigated; Former (ii) Accredited from 7 August 2015 according to the “Order of 18 Island of Impunity, ICEP, Annex II, 16.35, https://www.piac. lankabusinessonline.com/sri-lanka-offers-to-probe-specific-war- Army Commander Says 53, 57 Divisions Seem Blacklisted, Colombo precedence of the Heads of Mission accredited to the Brazilian asn.au/project-highlight/international-crimes-evidence-project/ quartel-general do Ministro COMANDANTE EM CHEFE crime-claims/ Telegraph, 23 August 2013, https://www.colombotelegraph.com/ government”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil, at http:// Presidente Mahinda Rajapaksa index.php/us-wants-lankan-troops-investigated-former-army- www.itamaraty.gov.br/en/protocol?id=9611 19 Transcript-Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, ibid da Defesa desde o início das (Chefe do executivo) 2 Transcript-Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, LLRC commander-says-53-57-divisions-seem-blackliste/ (iii) Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Archives, 08 September 2010,http://www.llrcarchive.org/2010/09/ Lanka, Brasilia, Brazil, according to Ministry of Foreign 20 Jagath Jayasuriya also commanded ad hoc units called task lieutenant-general-jagath-jayasuriya/ 9 Surinam y Sri Lanka acercan posturas de cara a una Affairs website, Sri Lanka, http://www.mfa.gov.lk/index.php/ forces. Task Forces 2, 3, 4 and 8, that were under the command operações de ajuda SECRETÁRIO DA DEFESA alianzar militar, 1 June 2016, http://www.infodefensa.com/ en/missions/83-brazil/355-embassy-of-the-democratic-socialist- authority of SFHQ Vanni were heavily involved in the final weeks Gotabaya Rajapaksa 3 Sri Lanka execution video: new war crimes claims, 30 November latam/2016/06/01/noticia-surinam-lanka-acuerdan-establecer- republic-of-sri-lanka-brasilia-brazil of the conflict. humanitária no norte, (President’s Brother) 2010, Channel 4 TV, https://www.channel4.com/news/sri-lanka- cooperacion-militar.html execution-video-new-war-crimes-claims 13 (i) War crimes suspect Jagath Jayasuriya takes up diplomatic 21 OISL, p. 27. começando em Mannar em 2007, COMANDANTE DO EXÉRCITO 10 (i) Ambassador Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya presents credentials, post in Brazil, 8 November 2015, Tamil Guardian, http:// General Sarath Fonseka 4 Full Report of the Army Board on LLRC Observations Released, 22 February 2017,From Sri Lankan Government official news tamilguardian.com/content/war-crimes-suspect-jagath-jayasuriya- e até o final, em 18 de maio http://www.army.lk/docimages/image/LLRC_2013.pdf portal, http://www.news.lk/news/political-current-affairs/ takes-diplomatic-post-brazil (Oficial com mais alta patente do exército) item/15993-ambassador-gen-jagath-jayasuriya-presents-credentials (ii) Photo from: CORREIO BRAZILIENSE, 9 November 2016, de 2009." 5 Army Court of Inquiry on Channel 4 Allegations Referred to (ii) Presidente Santos y Canciller Holguín recibieron http://www.juliadossantosbaptista.com/juli_p/wp/wp-content/ COMANDANTES DAS FORÇAS DE SEGURANÇA: in the LLRC Report Submits Its Findings to the Commander of credenciales de 28 embajadores, Febrero 18, 2017,at http:// uploads/2016-CorreioJulia-dos-santos-Baptista.pdf 1. Vavuniya: Major-general Jagath Jayasuriya20 the Army, Sri Lanka Army website, http://www.army.lk/news/ www.radiosantafe.com/2017/02/18/presidente-santos-y-canciller- 18 army-court-inquiry-channel-4-allegations-referred-llrc-report- holguin-recibieron-credenciales-de-28-embajadores/ 14 General Jayasuriya briefs Brazil on political process, JAGATH JAYASURIYA 2. Jaffna: Major-general MCMP Samarasinghe submits-its-findings-commander-0 (iii) Jayasuriya briefs Colombia on developments in Sri 7 November 2015, Colombo Gazette,http://colombogazette. Lanka, 22 February 2017
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    1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA In the matter of an application under Article 126 of the constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Major K.D.S. Weerasinghe, No. 100/2, Wewatenna Road, Ampitiya, Kandy Petitioner SC /FR/ Application No 444/2009 Vs, 1. Colonel G.K.B. Dissanayake, Colonel Coordinator (Volunteer) Volunteer Force Headquarters, Shalawa, Kosgama. 2. Major General Sumith Balasooriya, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Volunteer Force Headquarters, Akuregoda, Pelawatte, 2A. Major General H.C.P. Gunathilake, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Volunteer Force Headquarters, Akuregoda, Pelawatte, 3. Brigadier Padumadasa, Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, Colombo 02. 3A. Major General M.U.M.M.W. Senanayake, Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, Colombo 02. 2 4. General Sarath Fonseka, Commander of the Ari Lanka Army, Army Headquarters, Colombo 02. 4A. Lt. General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Ari Lanka Army, Army Headquarters, Colombo 02. 4B. Lt. General A.W.J.C. de Silva, Commander of the Ari Lanka Army, Army Headquarters, Colombo 02. 5. Gotabhaya Rajapaksha, Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Colombo 03. 5A.B.M.U.D Basnayake, Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Colombo 03. 5B.Karunasena Hettiarachchi, Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Colombo 03. 6. Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12 Respondents Before: Eva Wanasundera PC J B.P. Aluwihare PC J Vijith K. Malalgoda PC J Counsel: Saliya Peiris PC with Thanuka Nandasiri for the Petitioner Suren Gnanaraj State Counsel for the Respondents 3 Argued on: 17.07.2017 Judgment on: 31.10.2017 Vijith K.