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| Int'l rights panel call for action in Sri Lanka rights probe |
| 2008-04-16 |
| (Xinhua) -- The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) wound up its operations in Sri Lanka on Tuesday with a set of recommendations to make a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the human rights abuses a more meaningful exercise. The IIGEP was invited by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to supervise the functions of a probe panel appointed by him in November 2006 to investigate allegations of human rights abuses blamed on the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. The IIGEP in its concluding statement said "the government should respect and implement the internationally agreed doctrine of command responsibility as part of the law of Sri Lanka whereby superiors of those who have committed criminal acts may also be held responsible." |
| Posted by:Fred |