Al Hussein is expected to hold discussions with the new Sri Lankan government, before the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Investigation on Sri Lanka is presented to the UNHRC next month.

The report on alleged war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the last stages of war, "Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka," will be submitted to the 30th session of UNHRC in Geneva from 14 September - 2 October.

The UN report is expected to be critical towards the rebels and the former government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa and will contain testimonial from victims of the war and their relatives, Xinhua news agency reported.

While Sri Lanka's main Tamil Political Party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) called for an international independent investigation on alleged war crimes, the Rajapaksa government flatly rejected the international investigation mandated by the resolution adopted by the UN in March 2014 and said the government will not cooperate with the OHCHR-driven investigation.

According to media reports, Al Hussein is expected to present to the President Maithripala Sirisena a copy of the UN report before it is taken up at the UNHRC.

Sri Lanka, with a new government in administration in January sought a delay of several months in the release of the UNHRC report which was scheduled to be presented on 25th March at the Council's 28th session in Geneva.

Granting the government's request the UNHRC in February this year deferred the release of the report by six months to September to allow Sri Lanka's new government more time to conduct a domestic probe.

The new government has maintained that it would not allow any international probe into the allegations of war crimes, but has promised to conduct its own domestic investigation that would meet international standards.

(Colombo Page)