The Sri Lankan government has failed to hold a credible investigation into allegations of human rights abuses, stated the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, as she presented her annual report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Speaking earlier today, Pillay told the council,
“Nearly five years on from the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka, I regret that the Government has failed to satisfy the Council’s call for a credible and independent investigation into allegations of serious human rights violations.”
She went on to add,
“I therefore recommend that the time has come for the Council to establish its own international inquiry mechanism which I believe can play a positive role where domestic mechanisms have failed.”
See her full address here.
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