Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) leading a high-level Canadian delegation to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva says Sri Lanka has unfulfilled their previous internal mechanisms on human rights and called for an ‘international inquiry mechanism’.
“In Sri Lanka, we regret the unwillingness of the [Sri Lankan] government to engage constructively on the substance of various reports or to take genuine steps for reconciliation and accountability.
Previous internal mechanisms have, regrettably, remained secret, partial or unfulfilled, and the continued inability to acknowledge what has occurred, combined with increasing rights violations and abuses, will not only continue to damage the rule of law and democracy in this vibrant country but will risk undermining economic gains and a return to instability.
In the absence of credible actions by the Government of Sri Lanka, Canada supports the call for an international inquiry mechanism.”
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Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) Canada.
Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) leading a high-level Canadian delegation to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva says Sri Lanka has unfulfilled their previous internal mechanisms on human rights and called for an ‘international inquiry mechanism’.
“In Sri Lanka, we regret the unwillingness of the [Sri Lankan] government to engage constructively on the substance of various reports or to take genuine steps for reconciliation and accountability.
Previous internal mechanisms have, regrettably, remained secret, partial or unfulfilled, and the continued inability to acknowledge what has occurred, combined with increasing rights violations and abuses, will not only continue to damage the rule of law and democracy in this vibrant country but will risk undermining economic gains and a return to instability.
In the absence of credible actions by the Government of Sri Lanka, Canada supports the call for an international inquiry mechanism.”
