UN rights chief seeks special court on Sri Lanka civil war atrocities including foreign judges
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The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging the creation of a special court including foreign magistrates and investigators to look into atrocities committed during Sri Lanka's civil war.
Unveiling a long-awaited report aimed at helping Sri Lanka reconcile, Zeid Raad al-Hussein pointed to "horrific" abuses including torture, executions, sexual abuse by security forces; and suicide attacks, assassinations and recruitment of child soldiers by rebels.
The report comes as the United States prepares to co-sponsor a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva seeking to improve accountability in Sri Lanka.
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Rights groups and some governments want an international investigation, but Sri Lanka has resisted. The quarter-century civil war ended in 2009 when government forces defeated Tamil Tiger rebels. The U.N. estimates that at least 80,000 people were killed.