Sri Lanka on Monday (September 8, 2025) opposed international intervention on its human rights situation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, asserting that such actions undermine ongoing domestic efforts to ensure justice and reconciliation.
The 60th regular session of the UNHRC, session, which opened in Geneva on Monday, will review reports and oral updates on several countries, including Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Sudan, Palestine, and Syria.
“Sri Lanka observes that external initiatives will only serve as hindrances to the ongoing national efforts and serve to polarise the population,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement here.
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath is scheduled to respond to a report by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, published in August, following the U.N. rights chief Volker Turk's visit to Sri Lanka in late June.
Mr. Herath is expected to call on the Council to provide the "space required" to implement "transformative reforms" outlined in the OHCHR report, the Ministry said.
