Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his answer. As he said, in September there will be an opportunity for Ireland and others on the Human Rights Council to examine a report on the investigation into the last years of the conflict, not what has happened since then. I hope he and the UN will be able to persuade the Sri Lankan Government to co-operate fully. The new government has to date not co-operated fully with the UN-mandated investigation. I hope the Minister will also take the opportunity of the September council meeting to confirm our support, and maybe our demand, for an international investigation, not the domestic one which Sri Lankan governments have looked for. Maybe at the very least there should be a hybrid domestic and international investigation, similar to that in Sierra Leone and in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which managed to overcome government opposition to a perceived interference by international forces. Ireland should insist that there be an international component and that the UN should be one of those bodies if at all possible.

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