By Taylor Dibbert
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will be visiting Sri Lanka from August 25 to 31. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is still focused on Sri Lanka—as mandated by a United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution passed on Sri Lanka last March, the second in a twelve-month space. Among other things, that resolution called for the Sri Lankan government to implement the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations. It also encouraged it to collaborate with UN special procedures mandate holders.
As stipulated in the more recent HRC resolution, OHCHR will present an update during the HRC’s 24 session this September in Geneva. Given the prevailing trends on the island, it is unlikely that Ms. Pillay’s presentation next month will be a very positive one.
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