A protest is set to take place against UN Human Rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein as he visits the island later this week.
Posters have appeared calling on protestors to gather at Lipton Circus in Colombo on Saturday, when UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein lands on the island.
The High Commissioner will be holding talks with government officials and will visit Jaffna, where he will speak with Tamil representatives during his visit.
Discussions are reported to revolve around the implementation of a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution passed in September last year, calling for an accountability mechanism for mass atrocities committed during the final stages of the armed conflict.
In a report released on Wednesday, Tamil torture victims called on the High Commissioner to “deliver a strong message to the President and Prime Minister about the need for Sri Lanka to comply with the commitments it made to the UN Human Rights Council and the consequences if it fails to do so”.
See our earlier post: Tamil torture survivors call for internationalised justice process (03 Feb 2016)
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