The statement recalled that previous IIGEP reports coincided with the 5th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
"I urge the IIGEP not to make public statements that directly and unnecessarily affect public confidence in the Commission of Inquiry and on other public institutions of Sri Lanka such as the Attorney General’s Department," C.R. De Silva, the Attorney General said.
The AG's Department statement was in response to a report by the IIGEP that accused Sri Lanka of failing to honour promises to investigate grave human rights violations and also accused the government of a virtual cover-up.
The 11-member International Indepe