“Hybrid” healer for “horrors”
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Thursday, 17 September 2015- UN rights chief flags ‘horrific’ violations, strong indication of war crimes by Govt. forces and LTTE
- Zeid hopes Human Rights Council will endorse OISL recommendations, including hybrid court
- UN Rights Chief recommends strong vetting of Lankan military personnel for peacekeeping missions, military exchanges
- Report finds evidence of extra-judicial killings, indiscriminate shelling by govt. troops
- OISL notes repeated shelling of hospitals in the Wanni; “serious doubt” they were accidental attacks
- Report finds LTTE leaders prevented civilians from leaving the battle zone
- Report finds Karuna group conscripted children after defecting to Govt; finds Govt. was aware of child recruitment
United Nations Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at yesterday's briefing on UNHRC Report on Sri Lanka.
Dharisha Bastians
reporting from Geneva
The United Nations Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for the setting up of a special ‘hybrid court’ comprising international judges and prosecutors after a report by his Office revealed “horrific” violations strongly indicating that war crimes were most likely committed by both government forces and the LTTE and declared the country’s justice system incapable of dealing with the seriousness of the crimes.
reporting from Geneva
The United Nations Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for the setting up of a special ‘hybrid court’ comprising international judges and prosecutors after a report by his Office revealed “horrific” violations strongly indicating that war crimes were most likely committed by both government forces and the LTTE and declared the country’s justice system incapable of dealing with the seriousness of the crimes.
