Former UNHRC High Commissioner and current member of the Elders, Mary Robinson, emphasized the need for accountability in Sri Lanka in a recent interview with BBC Sandeshaya.
She stressed the fact that it was the responsibility of the Sri Lankan government to carry out the resolution so that Sri Lanka does not "come under the radars of UNHRC once again next year."
Robinson said,
"The scale of the violations alleged is really very grave by international human rights standards."
"It is in the interest of Sri Lanka to accept that the majority of governments feel that Sri Lanka must do more for reconciliation."
"The elders are unequivocally worried about the extent of the arms race. Generally the supply of weapons that are causing such destructions the money that spent on weapons, the trafficking in weapons."
"The elders do feel strongly about these issues but the central factor here was the prolonged civil war and to the extent which civilians were not protected."
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