Sri lanka to have action plan......

Sri Lanka to have action plan on human rights

(Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government said Monday that it would soon announce an action plan to safeguard human rights and prevent torture and disappearances.
"This action plan would show our commitment and our determination to minimize, prevent or even eradicate torture and disappearances," Minister of Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe told reporters.
Samarasinghe said a committee headed by the island's attorney general has been appointed to draft the plan.
"The committee is tasked to come out with the plan as soon as possible," Samarasinghe said.
Sri Lanka's recent human rights record was called into question during the final phase of the military conflict between the government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during which thousands of civilians were reportedly killed and more than 300,000 displaced.
However, the government was successful in defeating a motion against it at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in May.
UN Secretary General has called for an independent probe on allegations of human rights violations of the island.
The LTTE was defeated in May after fighting for an independent Tamil homeland in the north and east for more than two decades.