UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT SRI LANKA

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka either later this month, or in early July.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that this will be the first visit by a UN Human Rights Commissioner to Sri Lanka since 2016.

The last visit was by then-High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein in February 2016, during the presidency of Maithripala Sirisena.

Attention is expected to focus on the Sri Lankan government's ongoing efforts to protect human rights.