Lankan war crimes issue to come up at UNHRC tomorrow

September 13, 2015 13:22

The alleged war crimes during Sri Lanka's final assault on the LTTE will come up once again here tomorrow at the UNHRC, with the US set to bring a resolution supporting a domestic investigation unlike previous ones in which it insisted on an international probe.

The draft has been sponsored by the US and other core group of countries called 'Human Rights in Sri Lanka, with focus on government efforts to provide reconciliation and accountability and based on findings of OHCHR report'.

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