Resolution highlights Lanka’s efforts says US

The US State Department noted that the resolution on Sri Lanka adopted by the UN Human Rights Council last week,?highlights the Sri Lankan government?s efforts to advance respect for human rights and strengthen good governance since January 2015.

A statement by the US State Department noted that the outcomes of the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council ?in Geneva underscored the importance of robust U.S. engagement at the Council, where the United States continues to work with countries from all regions to address urgent human rights concerns.

The State Department said that the US led resolution on Sri Lanka, which Sri Lanka co-sponsored, encourages the reform of domestic laws to facilitate accountability for past crimes related to the Sri Lankan civil war, affirms the importance of the participation of foreign judges and prosecutors in domestic accountability mechanisms, and requests further reporting by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). (Colombo Gazette)