The Resolution titled ‘Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka’ had been submitted to the Secretariat just ahead of the Presidential Election in Sri Lanka.

Resolution A/HRC/57/L.1 looks to renew the mandate in Resolution 51/1, which the Sri Lankan Government has already rejected.

The new Resolution tabled at the Human Rights Council during its ongoing 57th Session calls for the mandate and all requested work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Human Rights Council resolution 51/1 to be extended.