The Tamil Issue in India–Sri Lanka Relationships: Priorities and Interests

Amit Ranjan and Diotima Chattoraj

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2022, vol. 78, issue 1, 104-120

Abstract: More than 25 years of ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009. Expressing ‘serious concerns’ on human rights situation in post-civil war Sri Lanka, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted critical resolutions. The eighth such resolution was adopted in March 2021. India abstained for the second time from voting on a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC since 2014. In 2012 and 2013, India voted in favour of resolutions that have been critical of Sri Lanka. This article, examines the shift in India’s approach towards the Tamil issue in Sri Lanka.

Keywords: India; Sri Lanka; Tamils; UNHRC resolutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068161

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