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The oral update of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the UN inquiry on mass atrocities in Sri Lanka - OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL), is expected today at the UN Human Rights Council's 27th session currently underway in Geneva. The item was postponed yesterday, when the Council's agenda overran.
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The update on the OISL follows the resolution 'Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka' A/HRC/25/L.1/Rev.1 passed in March this year, calling on the High Commissioner's Office to launch an international inquiry into mass atrocities in Sri Lanka.
The terms of reference for the OISL were published in August, detailing the legal and time framework to be applied and calling on witnesses to submit evidence. See here.
The resolution mandating the OISL at the UNHRC's 25th session, was adopted by the Council following a vote. See here.
The resolution was submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Mauritius, and it was co-sponsored by Albania,* Austria, Belgium,* Bulgaria,* Canada,* Croatia,* Cyprus,* Denmark,* Estonia, Finland,* France, Georgia,* Germany, Greece,* Hungary,* Iceland,* Ireland, Italy, Latvia,* Liechtenstein,* Lithuania,* Luxembourg,* Mauritius,* Netherlands,* Norway,* Poland,* Portugal,* Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis,* Sierra Leone, Slovakia,* Spain,* Sweden,* and Switzerland*.
(* indicates Non-Member State of the Human Rights Council).
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