Mass graves -Rwanda, Cambodia, FormerYugoslavia, Gaza, Sri Lanka, etc. – are “an underground map of atrocity that stretches across the planet’s surface.”
-Adam Rosenblatt
Chemmanimass graves are an underground map of atrocity committed by the Sri Lankan State against Eelam Tamils.
Since June 2025,65 skeletonsdiscovered.
Chemmani is the 35th mass graveunearthed to date in Sri Lanka.
Moral imperative for Closure:
Mothers of the Disappeared are longing for the truth.
In the case of the disappeared, ifthey are victims in the mass grave, finding them will bring closure to the anguished, provide for a grieving process and opportunity to mourn their loved ones, and will also pave the way for a dignified burial.
Legal imperative to preserve the evidence of international crimes:
Mass graves are archives of the Tamil genocide.
Article 34(2)(b) of 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions (API) mandates the protection of gravesites and mandates the prevention of their despoliation of mutilation.
Chummani mass graves are proof of intent of Tamil genoicde
“Robust investigation by independent experts are needed to bring out the truth.”- Onsite statement Volker Turk (OHCHR)
Experts knowledgeable of international standards of forensic archeology are essential for proper exhumation and preservation.
Moral, Legal& Political imperative for accountability and remedy:
“If you ask the killers to give justice, will they?” -Tamil Mother of the Disappeared
Call of the hour is for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to takeover of the exhumation process
Contact your member of parliament to urge the government to urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
to take over the exhumation process.
Ministry for prevention and accountability for genocide and human rights (TGTE).
secretariat@tgte.org – 44 72 811 5110
