Zeid’s March report notes Lanka

The annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, which will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March, takes note of the investigations on Sri Lanka.

The report notes that during the period under review, which is between January and December last year, the Council had requested the High Commissioner to undertake a comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations of human rights by both parties in Sri Lanka during the period covered by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. He notes that in 2014 his office continued to support or established five commissions of inquiry mandated by the Human Rights Council or the Security Council, and initiated investigations on human rights violations in Sri Lanka and Iraq pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions. The report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will be discussed during the March session of the Council where a separate report in to be presented on the investigations on the war conducted by a team appointed by Zeid’s office.