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The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) was mandated by the UN
Human Rights Council last year to conduct a comprehensive investigation into
alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes by
both parties in Sri Lanka during the period 2002-11.
* The report is divided into two parts which are
interlinked:
1) The overarching Report of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights on Promoting Reconciliation, Accountability and
Human Rights (A/HRC/30/61) which can be found here: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session30/Documents/A_HRC_30_61_ENG.docx
2) The accompanying report of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka
(A/HRC/30/CRP.2) which can be found here: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session30/Documents/A_HRC_30_CRP_2.docx -
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GENEVA (16 September 2015) – A UN report has identified patterns of grave violations in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2011, strongly indicating that war crimes and crimes against humanity were most likely committed by both sides to the conflict…. “Our investigation has laid bare the horrific level of violations and abuses that occurred in Sri Lanka, including indiscriminate shelling, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, harrowing accounts of torture and sexual violence, recruitment of children and other grave crimes,” UN High Commissioner Zeid said. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SRI LANKA – POST WAR TRENDS IN CHILD MARRIAGE
Direct Link to Full 49-Page 2015 Report:
