The Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena said there was no need for the country to import judges from abroad, given the calibre of judges within Sri Lanka.
Delivering the keynote address at the BMICH event to mark the 50th anniversary of the appointment of Justice Weeramantry, Mr Sirisena was quoted by the Sunday Times as saying, "with judges of the calibre of one of the world’s most eminent jurists, C.G. Weeramantry, among us, he saw no reason for Sri Lanka to import judges".
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In September, a consensus resolution was adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) calling for a a "credible justice process" to investigate the mass atrocities of 2009, with "independent judicial and prosecutorial institutions led by individuals known for integrity and impartiality" and "Commonwealth and other foreign judges, defence lawyers, and authorized prosecutors and investigators".
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