In a statement released yesterday, Human Rights Watch urged United Nations Human Rights Council members to act on the Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay’s recommendations to create an independent international inquiry into war crimes and abuses during the armed conflict.
Commenting on the report, the Asia director at Human Rights Watch, Brad Adams, said,
Adams concluded by stating,
Commenting on the report, the Asia director at Human Rights Watch, Brad Adams, said,
“The Sri Lankan government has refused to address its role in the deaths of tens of thousands at the end of the country’s brutal civil war. The high commissioner’s report sends a strong message that only an independent international inquiry can bring justice to victims of Sri Lanka’s wartime abuses.”
Adams concluded by stating,
“The bottom line is that Sri Lanka has repeatedly refused to undertake investigations into crimes committed by its own forces, so it will be up to members of the UN Human Rights Council to take decisive action at the coming March session.”