UN Rights Ombudsman calls on government to investigate "routine torture" of detainees by security forces, claims it failed to prosecute war crimes during civil war
Democracy and the rule of law must be implemented to prevent the people of Sri Lanka from being harmed. Humanitarian laws and the human rights laws outlaw mutilation, torture, enforced disappearance and genocide and must be given priority and directly effect the people’s rights and obligations. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development


