The opposition spokeswoman for Australian foreign affairs, Tanya Pulbersek, today, reiterating that domestic investigation mechanisms in Sri Lanka had failed, called for Australia to support their ‘usual allies’ and back calls for an international investigation.
Urging the Australian government to support the UNHRC resolution, she said,
“Our call for the Australian government is to support the draft resolution before the Human Rights Council is to reduce violations and abuses and put us in company with all of our usual allies when it comes to foreign affairs decision making.”
In a letter to the Australian Foreign Minister Julia Bishop, last week, former ministers and academics highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in Sri Lanka and urged the Australian government to support the resolution that called for an international investigation mechanism into Sri Lankan atrocities.
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