The resolution on Sri Lanka was a key United States outcome at the UN Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) 30th session, alongside Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Burundi, and Bahrain, the US State Department noted in a statement following the session, which ended earlier this month in Geneva.
"The U.S.-led resolution, which Sri Lanka co-sponsored, highlights the Sri Lankan government’s efforts to advance respect for human rights and strengthen good governance since January 2015, encourages the reform of domestic laws to facilitate accountability for past crimes related to the Sri Lankan civil war, affirms the importance of the participation of foreign judges and prosecutors in domestic accountability mechanisms, and requests further reporting by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)."
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