The UNHRC adopted the US-sponsored Resolution on Sri Lanka without a vote a short while ago at the 30th session of the UNHRC in Geneva, Switzerland.

The resolution A/HRC/30/L.29, titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ was submitted before the Council last Thursday following a series of negotiations between the Sri Lankan delegation and the ‘Core Group’ sponsors including the US, UK and several other countries.

Twenty five additional countries co-sponsored the resolution at the UNHRC.

The resolution welcomes the government’s recognition of an accountability process to uphold the rule of law and affirms the importance of having independent judicial and prosecutorial institutions led by personnel known for integrity and impartiality.

It has called for the continued monitoring of the process by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and calls on the High Commissioner to make an oral submission to the UNHRC in its 32nd session, followed by a written submission in its 34th session.