Panel not required to visit Lanka - UN
June 25, 2010 07:31 am
The UN Advisory Panel of Experts is not required to visit
Asked how the Advisory Panel of Experts dealing with
“It is not required to make visits to
Earlier this week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed the panel of
experts to advise him on accountability issues relating to alleged violations
of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of
the conflict in
The three-member panel will advise Ban on implementing the commitment on human
rights accountability made in the Joint Statement issued by the
secretary-general and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa after the UN chief
visited the island country in May 2009.
The UN-appointed panel was rejected by the
“The position of the Sri Lanka government is abundantly clear - we will not
have them in this country,” the foreign minister was quoted as saying, adding
that there was “no need” for the panel to come to the country and they would
not be allowed in.