South Africa will advise country on the setting up of commission,which follows the release of a long-delayed report into human rights violations during the 26-year long civil warSri Lanka’s fresh government said on Monday it was setting up a South Africa-style truth and reconciliation commission to discover into atrocities during its civil war, as it came under renewed pressure to prosecute perpetrators. South Africa, or which confronted its own apartheid-era crimes through such a body,would advise the nation on how to use the commission to provide remedy to victims and to track down missing people, the foreign minister, or Mangala Samaraweera,said.
He outlined the arrangement, and other proposals to set up a criminal justice mechanism and compensate victims, or to the UN human rights council,hours after the world body announced it would release a long-delayed report on Wednesday calling for accountability for Sri Lankan war crimes. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com