UN Human Rights Chief calls for inclusive and meaningful engagement in Sri Lanka

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Speaking during the opening of the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Al Hussein has said that there needs to be an inclusive and meaningful engagement of all Sri Lankans when implementing the resolution on Sri Lanka adopted by the UN Human Rights Council last year.

Al Hussein also said that in Sri Lanka, the Government’s efforts to implement its commitments contained in the resolution would require a comprehensive strategy on transitional justice which enables it to pursue different processes in a coordinated, integrated and appropriately sequenced manner.

The UN Human Rights Chief is also due to present an oral update on Sri Lanka on the 29th of June based on his recent visit to the country earlier this year

He also said that all political detainees should be released, and reforms undertaken to ensure fair trials and an impartial and effective administration of justice.