Facing Selective Accountability Without International Equity - Colombo Telegraph

Facing Selective Accountability Without International Equity - Colombo Telegraph

By Jehan Perera – Jehan Perera The visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, later this month may possibly be overshadowed by the eruption of hostilities in the Middle East following Israel’s attack on Iran. The High Commissioner’s visit to Sri Lanka relates to the series of resolutions passed by the UN Human Rights Council over the past sixteen years since the end of the war. It will highlight the contradiction in the rules-b…