The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances confirmed that it will visit Sri Lanka later this year.
The working group will visit the island from 2-12 August, and has already met with Tamil diaspora groups in Geneva.
A team of five independent experts are expected to visit the island, reports Colombo Page.
The working group had previously made several requests to the Sri Lankan government for access to the ground and received no reply.
The visit comes as the North-East of the island has seen an increase in protests by Tamil families, rejecting Sri Lanka’s domestic disappearance commission, and calling for an international process.
See also:
Government ministries refuse to release list of detainees (26 Apr 2015)
Families in Amparai protest calling for international investigation into disappearances (08 Apr 2015)
Tamil mothers storm Jaffna district office demanding Sri Lankan govt returns missing children (04 Mar 2015)
Protest continues in Trincomalee (03 Mar 2015)
Protesters reject domestic probe into disappearances for third consecutive day (02 mar 2015)
Tamil orgs reject Sri Lanka's Commission on Missing Persons, call for international mechanism (26 Feb 2015)
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