Australia has co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution calling for accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sri Lanka during the end of the armed conflict, reports AAP.
In a statement on Sunday, the foreign minister Julie Bishop said that if the resolution is implemented effectively it “would provide Sri Lanka a platform to heal the wounds of war crimes committed during the nation's civil conflict”.
The resolution was drafted as a consensus resolution between the Sri Lankan government and the US.
See here for more on the resolution.