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| The UN’s top human rights official has called for the creation of a special court, including foreign magistrates and investigators, to look into atrocities committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war. | The UN’s top human rights official has called for the creation of a special court, including foreign magistrates and investigators, to look into atrocities committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war. |
| Announcing a long-awaited report aimed at helping Sri Lanka reconcile, Zeid Raad al-Hussein pointed to “horrific” abuses including torture, executions, sexual abuse by security forces; and suicide attacks, assassinations and recruitment of child soldiers by rebels. Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels “most likely” committed war crimes, the report said. | Announcing a long-awaited report aimed at helping Sri Lanka reconcile, Zeid Raad al-Hussein pointed to “horrific” abuses including torture, executions, sexual abuse by security forces; and suicide attacks, assassinations and recruitment of child soldiers by rebels. Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels “most likely” committed war crimes, the report said. |
| Related: Without trust, Sri Lanka cannot investigate its own war crimes | Sonya Sceats | |
| The report comes as the US prepares to co-sponsor a resolution at the UN human rights council in Geneva seeking to improve accountability in Sri Lanka. | The report comes as the US prepares to co-sponsor a resolution at the UN human rights council in Geneva seeking to improve accountability in Sri Lanka. |
| Despite pledges by the new government of President Maithripala Sirisena to pursue accountability domestically, the criminal justice system was not up to the huge task alone, the report said. | Despite pledges by the new government of President Maithripala Sirisena to pursue accountability domestically, the criminal justice system was not up to the huge task alone, the report said. |
| It called on Colombo to remove from office military and security force personnel and any other officials “where there are reasonable grounds to believe that they were involved in human rights violations” in the 26-year war that ended in 2009. | It called on Colombo to remove from office military and security force personnel and any other officials “where there are reasonable grounds to believe that they were involved in human rights violations” in the 26-year war that ended in 2009. |
| The report named no suspects, saying it was a human rights investigation, not a criminal investigation. | The report named no suspects, saying it was a human rights investigation, not a criminal investigation. |
| Rights groups and some governments want an international investigation, but Sri Lanka has resisted. The civil war ended when government forces defeated Tamil Tiger rebels. The UN estimates that at least 80,000 people were killed. | Rights groups and some governments want an international investigation, but Sri Lanka has resisted. The civil war ended when government forces defeated Tamil Tiger rebels. The UN estimates that at least 80,000 people were killed. |