The United Nations’ human rights chief has called for an international war crimes investigation into alleged atrocities carried out in the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war, according to reports.
The call, made by UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay in a 20-page submission to both the United Nations and the Sri Lankan government, comes less than three weeks before a UN meeting in Geneva where Britain and the United States are expected to formally propose a war crimes inquiry.
It marks a final loss of patience with President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Sri Lankan government among international leaders who believe it has done too little, too slowly to encourage reconciliation and investigate allegations of abuses.
An assessment of available evidence released last month by former UN investigators and experts said both Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam forces appeared to have committed war crimes in the final few months of the war before the LTTE was finally defeated in May 2009. Full story...
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The call, made by UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay in a 20-page submission to both the United Nations and the Sri Lankan government, comes less than three weeks before a UN meeting in Geneva where Britain and the United States are expected to formally propose a war crimes inquiry.
It marks a final loss of patience with President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Sri Lankan government among international leaders who believe it has done too little, too slowly to encourage reconciliation and investigate allegations of abuses.
An assessment of available evidence released last month by former UN investigators and experts said both Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam forces appeared to have committed war crimes in the final few months of the war before the LTTE was finally defeated in May 2009. Full story...
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