MISSION TO SRI LANKA: STATEMENT OF THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MINORITY ISSUES, RITA IZSÁK-NDIAYE
20/10/2016
(Statement of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, on the conclusion of her official visit to Sri Lanka, 10-20 October 2016)
20 October 2016.
In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, I conducted an official visit to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, from 10 to 20 October 2016, at the invitation of the Government. The objective of my visit was to hold consultations on the human rights situation of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in Sri Lanka in conformity with my mandate.
