UNHRC urges Sri Lanka to implement recommendations

by Staff Writer 20-06-2023 | 9:32 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has encouraged Sri Lankan authorities to implement their recommendations.

He said although the Government has regrettably rejected aspects of the Council's resolutions related to accountability, it has continued to engage with the UNHRC presence on the ground.

"Sri Lanka has received a dozen visits by mandate-holders in the past decade, and I encourage the authorities to implement their recommendations," said the UN Human Rights Commissioner on Monday (19).

The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding its fifty-third regular session from 19 June to 14 July 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

The session opened under the presidency of Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia).

During the session, the Council will hold 28 interactive dialogues with Special Procedures mandate holders and investigative mechanisms.

The final outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of 13 States will also be considered, namely those of the Czechia, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Pakistan, Zambia, Japan and Sri Lanka.

On Wednesday, 21 June, the Council will hear oral updates on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka and in Nicaragua.