The Sri Lankan government has turned down a request by UN officials to assess the progress the country has made in implementing certain recommendations of the contentious Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation report, reported the Daily Mirror.
Instead, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry, called on the Human Rights Commissioner to visit the country herself.
The United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner, Navi Pillay, recently asserted that she would like to send 10 special rapporteurs to assess the implementation of the recommendations by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.
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