UN expert on transitional justice, Pablo de Greiff to review progress in Sri Lanka

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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Pablo de Greiff, will carry out an official visit to Sri Lanka from October 10 to 23 2017, to examine the progress made in redressing past violations and abuses, a release from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stated.

“My visit aims to review the progress made thus far, to identify obstacles and bottlenecks in the implementation of the transitional justice and reform process, and to discuss opportunities with the Government and Sri Lankan society to overcome these,” said Mr. de Greiff is quoted as saying in the statement.

The human rights expert will meet Government officials at central and provincial levels, representatives of the legislature, members of the judiciary, the armed forces, law enforcement officials, religious leaders, political parties, the Human Rights Commission, civil society, victims’ groups, academics and representatives of the international community.

He is scheduled to visit Colombo as well as other locations in the south, centre, north and east of the country.

The expert will present his preliminary findings and recommendations at a press conference to be held on Monday October 23 October 2017.

The final report on the visit will be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2018.

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