Pillay To Get Input For Report »
By Easwaran Rutnam-Sunday, August 25, 2013
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will receive input from relevant special procedures mandate holders for her oral report on Sri Lanka to be made at the UN Human Rights Council in September.
Pillay’s office said that the oral report will be made based on ‘Resolution 22/1’ on Sri Lanka which was adopted by the Human Rights Council last March.
Her office said that in Resolution 22/1 on promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner For Human Rights (OHCHR), with input from relevant special procedures mandate holders, as appropriate, to present an oral update to the Council on the implementation of that resolution.
Accordingly that oral update will be made to the Council during its September session.
Pillay is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka today on a one week visit during which she will meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa as well as other government Ministers and officials and also undertake a tour of the north and east.
Pillay is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka today on a one week visit during which she will meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa as well as other government Ministers and officials and also undertake a tour of the north and east.
Spotlight On HR »
By Easwaran Rutnam
The Iron Lady of HR Arrives-
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Dr Dayan Jayatilleka and Navi Pillay
This week will be a crucial week for Sri Lanka, or more precisely for the Government, as the woman seen as the “iron lady” dealing with human rights issues makes her visit to Sri Lanka to get a firsthand account of what happened during and after the war.
During her weeklong stay in Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will not just visit the North and East, but will also have several meetings both in Colombo and in the North in an attempt to get an independent view of the ground situation.
Dr Dayan Jayatilleka and Navi Pillay
