The United Nations top human rights official stated investigators do not need to visit Sri Lanka, in order to carry out a full and credible investigation into war crimes committed by the government.
Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation,
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Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation,
"There is a wealth of information outside of Sri Lanka which can be tapped into."Citing the cases of Syria and North Korea, both of which had UN investigations into human rights abuses carried out, Pillay went on to add,
"The credibility of the report will depend on it reflecting proper standards of corroboration of evidence, whether the team is allowed into the country or not."
"Hardly anyone, apart from the Syrian and Democratic People's Republic of Korea governments, are questioning the credibility of these two inquiries, so I don't see why it should be any different in the case of Sri Lanka”.See more from Business Insider here.
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