Sri Lanka is considering inviting the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to visit Sri Lanka, sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daily Mirror learns the matter had been discussed at the highest level days after Bachelet released a damning report on Sri Lanka\u2019s human rights record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources said that the Government was considering extending an invitation so Bachelet can get a first-hand assessment of the developments in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When contacted by Daily Mirror, Foreign Secretary, Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage confirmed that the matter is being considered but asserted that nothing has been finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a formal invitation is sent and she accepts, she would be the third UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Sri Lanka in recent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2013, then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay visited Sri Lanka when Mahinda Rajapaksa was President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein visited Sri Lanka as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in February 2016 under Maithripala Sirisena\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Government sources said that a formal invitation is likely to be forwarded to Michelle Bachelet at the end of the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Council is to vote on a resolution on Sri Lanka which is based on a critical report presented by Bachelet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sri Lankan Government has already rejected the report and has assured steps will be taken through a domestic process to ensure accountability and reconciliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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