Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- During the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, reiterated Sri Lanka's rejection of any form of external intervention or mechanism to investigate alleged human rights violations.

Speaking at the session on Monday (08), Minister Herath stated that Sri Lanka's commitment to the accountability process is exclusively through domestic mechanisms.

He was responding to a report on Sri Lanka presented by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk.

The Human Rights Council session, which began today and runs until October 8th, will address various topics, including the protection of human rights for youth...