Pillay unsatisfied by progress on accountability and reconciliation

by admin
Mar 3, 2013

Speaking at the current United Nations Human Rights Council sessions, the UN high Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, expressed concerns about the absence of accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

An excerpt of Pillay's statement read:

"I remain concerned about the lack of meaningful progress on accountability and reconciliation. Although I support the National Plan of Action for the implementation of the LLRC recommendations I do notice that this is being done selectively. So I welcome the engagement by the Human Rights Council to monitor domestic processes especially regarding accountability and reconciliation."

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