Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has raised concerns over the lack of recognition or accountability for grave crimes under international law, gross human rights violations, and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by all parties during the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), even 17 years after it ended.

In his latest report on Sri Lanka released on September 03, 2026 updating the current human rights situation in the country, Turk stated that even though the Government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in September 2024 promising justice for past rights violations, yet, except for progress in a few important cases, there has be...