The SLFP said it will protect those who dedicated their services to safeguard the sovereignty of the country, according to general secretary Duminda Dissanayake.
Mr Dissanayake said the party had set up a committee to look at the document released by the UN's human rights office on Wednesday and that its response to the recommendations will be announced once the committee had studied and submitted a report on it.
The decisions were made at the SLFP's central committee meeting, held on Friday, which was also attended by President Maithripala Sirisena.