Navi Pillay’s Speech At International Day Of The Disappeared In Colombo
International Day of the Disappeared was commemorated by the ‘Families of the Disappeared’ and coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Sri Lanka on 30th August, 2013, at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 7. Hundreds of family members of the Disappeared from North and East as well as from the South participated for this event.
Dr. Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, who is on a country visit on an invitation by the Government of Sri Lanka has attended to this event and delivered a lecture as well. ‘Samabima’ has produced a video on her speech.
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