- Addressing her last session as the High Commissioner of Human Rights Commission, Navi Pillay highlighted the unhealed scars of years of in fighting in Sri Lanka, and urged the country to cooperate with a credible truth-seeking process.
- The council has constituted a committee to conduct comprehensive investigation to encourage accountability and reconciliation.
- Sri Lanka has categorically refused cooperation and accused HRC of bias as the investigation was driven by OHCHR.
- The resolution has cropped up following Ms. Pillay’s visit to Sri Lanka, and observed signs of increasing authority even after the end of the war.
- She also touched upon issues in countries such as Iran, Egypt, Sudan and Nigeria.
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/call-to-begin-healing-process-in-sri-lanka/article6102758.ece
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