Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka

A/HRC/RES/19/2View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2012–2013

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/22/1

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2013	A/HRC/RES/22/1	Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka	923	33%Compare
2012	A/HRC/RES/19/2	Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka	382	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Obligations Reconciliation Report Preparation Social Action Sri Lanka Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to implement the constructive recommendations made in the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission and to take all necessary additional steps to fulfil its relevant legal obligations and commitment to initiate credible and independent actions to ensure justice, equity, accountability and reconciliation for all Sri Lankans;

Requests the Government of Sri Lanka to present, as expeditiously as possible, a comprehensive action plan detailing the steps that the Government has taken and will take to implement the recommendations made in the Commission’s report, and also to address alleged violations of international law;

Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant special procedures mandate holders to provide, in consultation with and with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka, advice and technical assistance on implementing the above-mentioned steps; and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present a report on the provision of such assistance to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-second session.

The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I.

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