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The judgment of Navanethem Pillay on Post-War Sri Lanka

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Abstract: This writings make well-informed few remarks about the Pillay’s judgment regarding post-war Sri Lanka.   W hy is Pillay’s judgment so shaky in the case of Sri Lanka? Most of insiders and   acute ob serves are saying so. Pillay, the High Commissioner of the Office of Human Rights, is a fighter in her spirit. Her track record shows that she had never let her deprived past affect her professional carrier. She has an impressive carrier history as a judge and a humanitarian worker. She also acutely aware of the political nature of her appointments. Pillay is no stranger to the state-of-nature in post-war societies either. But it seems, however, this time in the case of Sri Lanka she is bit of far behind of the professionalism expected from her as the High Commissioner. It seems her cultural and religious heritage of being a Tamil origin has gotten her way.  She started fighting the establishment even before she became a lawyer in Apartheid South Africa. Her fighting