Sri Lanka discussed at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss Sri Lanka today, where a report outlining the government’s progress in implementing previous resolutions is set to be presented.

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Sri Lanka has made "virtually no progress" on the investigation of war crimes, in its report on efforts towards implementing resolution 30/1, which called for accountability and transitional justice through a hybrid mechanism.

The Sri Lankan government sent a five member delegation to Geneva, reportedly in order to seek a withdrawal from the co-sponsored resolution. One of the delegation members, senior former minister Sarath Amunugama, slammed the UN human rights chief’s report, calling it "an atrocious piece of writing containing lies, half lies and highly contestable statements”.