Human Rights Watch called on Sri Lanka to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act and prevent torture or ill-treatment of detainees, in a statement to the UN Human Rights Council
"Serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law demand accountability. The positive commitments towards this goal by the new government in Sri Lanka are encouraging, and we underline the importance of the government continuing to deliver on genuine reform and justice, including repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, ensuring detainees are not subject to torture or ill-treatment and eliminating unofficial detention centres," the New York-based NGO said.
"We encourage you to outline in your upcoming report concrete benchmarks for an affective accountability mechanism, and to consider credible models of a hybrid court with the predominant presence of international judges and prosecutors."
See full statement here.
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