Sri Lanka says war crimes probe delayed
(MENAFN- Arab News) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's proposed war crimes investigation has been delayed by several months until September as the government focuses on impending parliamentary elections Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said Wednesday.
Samaraweera said he hoped the composition of the investigating team along with its terms of reference would now be finalized just before the UN Human Rights Council's session in September in Geneva.'We are working out the contours of a domestic mechanism to look into human rights abuses and war crimes' Samaraweera told reporters in Colombo. 'This will be in place before the September sessions in Geneva.'
President Maithripala Sirisena came to power in January promising reconciliation and accountability following alleged atrocities during the island's separatist war that ended in 2009.
But Samaraweera said the government's schedule of reforms including starting the probe by June has been pushed back because of a delay in holding general elections.
Samaraweera said he hoped the composition of the investigating team along with its terms of reference would now be finalized just before the UN Human Rights Council's session in September in Geneva.'We are working out the contours of a domestic mechanism to look into human rights abuses and war crimes' Samaraweera told reporters in Colombo. 'This will be in place before the September sessions in Geneva.'
President Maithripala Sirisena came to power in January promising reconciliation and accountability following alleged atrocities during the island's separatist war that ended in 2009.
But Samaraweera said the government's schedule of reforms including starting the probe by June has been pushed back because of a delay in holding general elections.
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