UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for global reforms to support debt ridden countries like SL

Türk is scheduled to visit the eastern city of Trincomalee, Jaffna in the north and the central city of Kandy, to meet with victims and some families of the disappeared

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk who began his official visit in Sri Lanka emphasised the need for global reforms of the international financial institutions, to free many countries - including Sri Lanka - from the crushing debt burdens that weigh so heavily on human rights investments.

At a lecture in Colombo, the High Commissioner addressed a wide range of human rights issues, including accountability and effective remedies for victims of human rights violations, as well as reconciliation efforts.

"Human rights are the basis of the pathways that lead away from war; away from misery; away from grievances and violence. Human rights open a vista of solutions that deliver more harmonious and equal societies, where people can live in greater peace and freedom," he said.