New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- The January 13, 2026, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report documenting Sri Lanka's conflict-related sexual violence marks not merely another chronicling of atrocities, but an inflexion point exposing the structural inadequacy of international accountability architecture. The report's central finding that sexual violence perpetrated by state security forces during Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war constituted a deliberate, widespread, and systemic pattern potentially amounting to crimes against humanity and war crimes under the Rome Statute presents a case study in how states navigate between rhetorical commitment to transitional justice and the operational reality of entrenched impunity.

Wha...