Sri Lanka wins war crimes report reprieve
UNITED NATIONS - The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), responding to a request by the newly elected government in Colombo, has deferred the release of a key UN report on human rights violations and war crimes charges against the Sri Lankan armed forces and Tamil separatists who fought a devastating decades-long battle which ended in 2009.
The request to the Geneva-based HRC came via the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, who
sought the postponement of the long-awaited report, originally due in March, until September this year.
"This has been a difficult decision," Zeid said Monday.
"There are good arguments for sticking to the original timetable, and there are also strong arguments for deferring the report's consideration a bit longer, given the changing context in Sri Lanka, and the possibility that important new information may emerge which will strengthen the report."
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