UN releases war crimes report on Sri Lanka urging hybrid war crime court. Probe likely upon the killing of 200,000 mainly ethnic Hindu Tamil minority during 1983 – 2009.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raad al-Hussein of Jordan speaks on the UN Human Rights Office report on Sri Lanka during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations (AP Photo)

HENB | New Delhi | Sept 18, 2015:: On Sept 16, the  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein  finally released the Sri Lanka war crimes investigation report prepared by his office. The nearly 300-pages reports declare that “serious war crimes” and “human right violations” were committed by the Sri Lankan military tagging the activities of  the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the island’s 26-year war.

Around 200,000 people, mainly members of the ethnic Hindu Tamil minority, were killed during the conflict that…