U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on states on Wednesday (January 27) to impose "targeted sanctions" on former Sri Lankan military commanders implicated in alleged war crimes during the final years of a 26-year civil war that ended in 2009.

UN rights calls for sanctions on some Sri Lankan ex-military

After its Army Chief was banned from entering the US, Sri Lanka is hitting back. The Rajapaksa government has decided to withdraw from the UNHRC resolution on war crimes.

Gravitas: Sri Lanka to withdraw from UN resolution on war crimes

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UN rights calls for sanctions on some Sri Lankan ex-military

Gravitas: Sri Lanka to withdraw from UN resolution on war crimes