UN HIGH COMMISSIONER PUSHES FOR ROME CONVENTION LEADING TO ICC TRIALS ON SL LEADERS

Calls upon Govt. to sign Rome Statute of ICC

- KELUM BANDARA

It is a step that would place the country's leaders - both political and military - within the reach of international prosecution

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls upon the government to create an enabling environment for what is called 'transitional justice' by acceding to the Rome Statute of the ICC

In a recommendation with far-reaching political and legal consequences, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has urged Sri Lanka to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) - a step that would place the country's leaders-both political and militarywithin the reach of international prosecution for serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law.