The United Nations said that it wants “to make sure there is a credible investigation” into Sri Lanka’s violations of international humanitarian law in response to the Sri Lankan president rejecting foreign judges participating in an accountability mechanism.
The Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General told journalists on Monday that “the Human Rights Council can evaluate for themselves how it's going, but we want to make sure there is a credible investigation into this”.
Responding to a question from Inner City Press, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General said “we have made clear what our guidelines are for what a credible investigation will entail and so we will continue to be in dialog to make sure it happens”.
See more from Inner City Press here.
The spokesperson however did not respond to questions from Inner City Press regarding his reported ejection from a UN meeting and the revoking of his press pass, earlier this month.
The incident prompted a protest in Jaffna just days later in support of journalist Matthew Lee.
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