LANKA Standard
Dr. Jehan Perera | Published on December 13, 2011
Periodically there are strong statements made by members of foreign governments on the issues of war crimes and human
Navi Pillay
rights violations in Sri Lanka. But it ends there unless the Sri Lankan government chooses to answer. While the international rhetoric of war crimes and human rights abuses still prevails, there is little or no manifestation of that pressure in concrete terms. Now there are media reports that the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Navaneethan Pillay, has decided to postpone her planned visit to Sri Lanka until after the public release of the report of the Presidential Commission on Lessons Learned and Reconciliation. At the present time this report is with the President.
