As the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council began this week in Geneva, with an oral progress update by the UN High Commissioner for human rights anticipated the Sri Lankan government announced that the Paranagama Commission would be disbanded on July 15th.
The Commission will submit its work to the new Office on Missing Persons, its chair, Maxwell Paranagama told Colombo Gazette.
“We have so far investigated into 6,500 inquiries of missing persons who were affected by war during the period of June 10, 1990 and May 19, 2009,” the retired judge, Paranagama told the Sunday Leader.
The Commission will submit its work to the new Office on Missing Persons, its chair, Maxwell Paranagama told Colombo Gazette.
“We have so far investigated into 6,500 inquiries of missing persons who were affected by war during the period of June 10, 1990 and May 19, 2009,” the retired judge, Paranagama told the Sunday Leader.