The Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, speaking at a press briefing in New York after the release of a UN report on sexual violence, expressed concern over incidents of sexual violence in Sri Lanka, reports Inner City Press.
Responding to questions regarding how the UN would act to stop the use of sexual violence to oppress an ethnic community, the official stated she had discussions with Sri Lanka’s permanent representative to New York regarding this issue.
Yasmin Sooka last month released a damning report, ‘An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, 2009-2014’, which outlined wide spread and systematic sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
See related article:
Sri Lanka rejects UN report's concerns on sexual violence (26 April 2014)
New report finds torture and sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka increasing (21 March 2014)
Responding to questions regarding how the UN would act to stop the use of sexual violence to oppress an ethnic community, the official stated she had discussions with Sri Lanka’s permanent representative to New York regarding this issue.
“The most important thing we have said to them is for them to actually appoint a focal person to deal with this," she added.Bangura added that she would meet Yasmin Sooka, a former member of the UN panel of experts on Sri Lanka, to discuss what could be done on the issue in Sri Lanka.
Yasmin Sooka last month released a damning report, ‘An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, 2009-2014’, which outlined wide spread and systematic sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
See related article:
Sri Lanka rejects UN report's concerns on sexual violence (26 April 2014)
New report finds torture and sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka increasing (21 March 2014)