Detailing “horrific levels” of violence and likely crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka’s long civil war, the United Nations’ human rights commissioner on Wednesday called for a special court with international prosecutors and judges to investigate and punish perpetrators. The recommendations came as the U.N. human rights body released a long-awaited, 261-page report into alleged atrocities in the 26-year civil war, which ended in 2009 with tens of thousands dead. The U.N. report, the product of more than six years of investigation, did not name individual perpetrators but found “a consistent pattern” of organization and planning that indicated…

Kidnappings, sex abuse, torture: U.N. details likely war crimes in Sri Lanka
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