The United Nations top human rights official stated investigators do not need to visit Sri Lanka, in order to carry out a full and credible investigation into war crimes committed by the government.
Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation,
"There is a wealth of information outside of Sri Lanka which can be tapped into.""The credibility of the report will depend on it reflecting proper standards of corroboration of evidence, whether the team is allowed into the country or not."
Citing the cases of Syria and North Korea, both of which had UN investigations into human rights abuses carried out, Pillay went on to add,
"Hardly anyone, apart from the Syrian and Democratic People's Republic of Korea governments, are questioning the credibility of these two inquiries, so I don't see why it should be any different in the case of Sri Lanka”.
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Also see our earlier posts:
Call for submissions as 'OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka' begins (05 August 2014)
Jaya urges Modi to ensure visas are granted to UN inquiry team (24 July 2014)
India should support UN inquiry on Sri Lanka urges Tamil Nadu delegation (16 July 2014)
Chennai should be a base for UN inquiry team says BJP ally (14 July 2014)
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