The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights annoiunced that the Special Rapporteurs on the Independence of the Judiciary and Torture would visit Sri Lanka from the 29 April to 7 May.
In a joint statement Monica Pinto and Juan E Mendez said, “We look forward to engaging with the authorities and key actors on the challenges faced by country to ensure the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession, due progress and fair trail guarantees, and access to justice, and to eradicate torture and other ill-treatment, while promoting accountability and fulfilling victims right to reparations.”
The UN experts added,
“Sri Lanka is at a crucial moment in its history and we hope that our recommendations will contribute to setting out a path for the future that will be fully aligned with the international human rights obligations of the country.”
Mr Mendez was formerly the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Monica Pinto, is a professor of international law and human rights law at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires and also a visiting professor at Colombia Law School and has taught at the Hague Academy of International Law.
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