UNHRC probe to cover violations from 2002-2009
Tuesday 25th March 2014- Third draft text of US resolution on Sri Lanka circulated in Geneva
- Sets up time-frame for OHCHR inquiry into violations in Sri Lanka
- Draft resolution sticks to period of conflict studied by LLRC
- Draft provides no mandate for probing post-war abuses
- Amends operative paragraph on NPC to cover all provincial councils
By Dharisha Bastians
An international probe into allegations of human rights violations will be confined to the last seven years of the war in Sri Lanka and will have no mandate to investigate post-war abuses, according to the latest draft of the US sponsored resolution to be taken up in Geneva this week.
An international probe into allegations of human rights violations will be confined to the last seven years of the war in Sri Lanka and will have no mandate to investigate post-war abuses, according to the latest draft of the US sponsored resolution to be taken up in Geneva this week.
