United nations, March 21 -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet has said that despite progress on some issues, "there has been minimal progress on accountability" including on setting up a special judicial mechanism to deal with the worst crimes committed during the 2009 conflict between the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the north-east of the country.
She said on Wednesday that the continuing impunity risks fuelling communal or inter-ethnic violence, and instability called for the establishment of an independent Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a vetting process to remove officers with questionable human rights records.
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