Sri Lanka Must Probe On War Crimes Committed During Its Civil War Against Tamil Rebels And Win The Confidence Of Tamil Minority -UN

Sri Lanka must prosecuted the war crimes committed during the decades old  civil war with Tamil rebels LTTE and win the confidence of Tamil Minority the United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights Prince Zeid  Raad Al Hussain has stated in an annual report issued by United Nations.

The Commissioner has further stated that the witnesses of war crimes  should be protected under an effective transitional judicial mechanism including an international judges.

Present government has consolidated it's position by creating a political environment with reforms but transitional justice and governance reforms had lagged the UN High Commissioner has further stated in the report.