Identifier | Created | Classification | Origin |
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04COLOMBO57 | 2004-01-13 04:39:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Colombo |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. 130439Z Jan 04 |
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000057 |
1. POST NOMINATES MR. DENIS S. SOOSAITHAS, LEGAL OFFICER, HOME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBJECT PROJECT. POST CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FULL COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL." 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERSION: 3.0.7 POST-EMAIL: RSCMB@PD.STATE.GOV TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS COLOMBO TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA START NOMINATION: ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN PROG-AGENCY-NAME: POST-PROJ-ID: 98 ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VP-2004-0032 PROJ-NAME: U.S. JUDICIAL SYSTEMS - JULY 8-29, 2004 START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: MULTI-REGIONAL PROG-TYPE: IV GRANT VISITOR FY: 2004 DEPART-POST: 07/06/2004 SESSION-DATE: RETURN-POST: 08/01/2004 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 14 START MEMO POST-OBJ: THIS NOMINATION IS IN SUPPORT OF MPP GOAL "SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW". END MEMO POST-OBJ: START MEMO POST-RCMD: END MEMO POST-RCMD: ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1039 PROG-AGENCY-ID: PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: STATUS: N ORIGINATOR: P SUBJ-DISC: JUDICIAL SYSTEM START BIO: PREFIX: MR. F-NAME: DENIS M-NAME: SHANTHAN L-NAME: SOOSAITHAS SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 339 PRINCIPAL?: YES GENDER: M DOB: 08/24/1969 MAR-STAT: M BIRTH-CITY: JAFFNA BIRTH-CNTRY: SRI LANKA CITIZ-CNTRY: SRI LANKA RES-CNTRY: SRI LANKA START MEMO POSITION: LEGAL OFFICER, HOME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, MARCH 1999- TO DATE END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 1998-FEBRUARY 1999 - DISSEMINATION OFFICER, SRI LANKA RED CROSS SOCIETY JULY -DECEMBER 1997 - INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO JANUARY-JUNE 1997 - INTERN, HOME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: NONE END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: LL.B., UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, 1992 'CONFLICT RESOLUTION' COURSE CERTIFICATE, BANDARANAIKE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, COLOMBO, 1996 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, SRI LANKA LAW COLLEGE, 1999 END MEMO EDUCATION: START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: FIRST-LANG: TAMIL ENGL-READ: 4 ENGL-SPEAK: 4 ENGL-COMP: 4 START OTHER-LANGS: OTHER-LANG: SINHALA OTHER-LANG-ID: SI READ: 3 SPEAK: 3 COMP: 3 END OTHER-LANGS: START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: THIS NOMINATION IS IN SUPPORT OF MPP GOAL "SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW." END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: START MEMO VIS-OBJ: END MEMO VIS-OBJ: START MEMO VIS-REC: END MEMO VIS-REC: NOMINATING-OFFICER: JOE NOVAK START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: AS A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER, MR. SOOSAITHAS IS DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF IMPUNITY WITHIN THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT, AN ISSUE THAT THE USG HAS RAISED WITH IT ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. SOOSAITHAS HAS SHOWN HIMSELF FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF ISSUES WITHIN THE SRI LANKAN LEGAL SYSTEM. TO EXPOSE SOOSAITHAS TO THE US SYSTEM WILL PERMIT HIM TO EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE BASE AND WILL MAKE HIM MORE AND MORE EFFECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER. IN TURN, HE WOULD BECOME A BETTER CONTACT FOR INFORMATION ON PARTICULAR CASES AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MORE EFFECTIVELY PURSUE THECASES THAT THE USG HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN. POST CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FULL COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL." END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: NOM-OFF: POLITICAL SPEAKER?: NO NOTIFY-EMB: YES MEDIA?: NO HOME-STAY: YES HOME-HOSP?: YES E-I-TYPE: NOMINEE-ID: 132 PERSON-ID: 135 BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE RES-CNTRY-ID: CE FIRST-LANG-ID: TC E-I-TYPE-ID: NOM-POST-ID: 2929 NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: NOM-STATUS: N DS2019-ACTION: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 22.0203 SPONS-FUNDS: 0 SPONS-AGENCY1: USGOVT-AGENCY1: DOS US-AGENCY-AMT1: 8000 USGOVT-AGENCY2: US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 INTL-ORG1: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 INTL-ORG2: INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 COMMISSION: 0 OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-AMOUNT: 0 VIS-CAT: 5 END BIO: END NOMINATION: END FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: 3. PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOMINATION. LUNSTEAD |