FORUM-ASIAFriday, 16 September 2011H.E. Laura Dupuy Lasserre
President of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Email: hrcpresidency@ohchr.org
Fax: +41-(0)22-917-0490
CC: Member States of the Human Rights Council
Geneva, 16 September 2011
Your Excellency,
The undersigned non-governmental human rights organisations write this letter to you in your capacity as President of the Human Rights Council to appeal for your leadership in enabling the Council to fulfill its responsibilities towards ensuring accountability for the alleged violations of international humanitarian and human rights law committed by both sides during the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka.
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