Summary Sri Lanka has accused UN human rights chief of violating her mandate by making political statements.
COLOMBO (AP) - Sri Lanka has accused the United Nations human rights chief of violating her mandate by making political statements during her recent visit after she said the government was heading in an authoritarian direction.
The Government Information Department said in a statement Sunday that the judgment of the country s leadership is best left to the people to decide, rather than being "caricatured by external entities influenced by vested interests."
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Saturday concluded a weeklong visit to assess Sri Lanka s rights situation and visited the country s former civil war zone.
She said in her concluding statement that democracy was being undermined and the rule of law eroded in Sri Lanka, with the country increasingly becoming an authoritarian state.
