Amnesty International has welcomed the concerns the UN Human Rights Committee raised on Sri Lanka regarding ongoing human rights abuses and impunity in its fifth periodic report last month.
“The UN Human Rights Committee review of Sri Lanka has once again highlighted the vast disconnect between Sri Lanka’s promises to Sri Lankan citizens and the UN to improve human rights protection in the country and to tackle the grave reality of ongoing abuse and impunity,” said Amnesty International in a statement last week.
Amnesty International went on that say that it “welcomes the Committee’s far-reaching recommendations to address these problems and calls on authorities to move swiftly to fully and effectively implement them.”
“The Committee clearly saw through the government’s repeated denials and empty promises,” added the non-governmental organisation.
See the full statement here.
Also see our earlier posts:
UN Human Rights Committee is 'biased' says Sri Lanka (31 October 2014)
UN Human Rights Committee raises concerns in Sri Lanka's ICCPR review conclusions (31 October 2014)
Sri Lanka rejects Human Rights Committee criticism over ICCPR adherence (09 October 2014)
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