US to lead on calls for international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka at UNHRC

The United States will move a resolution seeking an international investigation into the alleged rights abuses in the final months of Sri Lanka’s war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), outlined the US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen J Rapp, on his visit to the North-East.

Rapp  visited Tamil National Alliance representatives and members of the Tamil civil society in the North-East today.

This is the third time Rapp has visited the island ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions, where the US have already lead on two resolutions urging Sri Lanka to work towards, accountability, justice and reconciliation.

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