61. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that has called on the Sri Lankan Government to take further action to provide justice to war victims and survivors; that it also called on Sri Lanka to rein in its military forces in Tamil areas and to prosecute Sri Lankan soldiers for war crimes they committed during the war with the Tamil Tigers; that witnesses must be protected under an effective transitional justice mechanism, which should include international judges; and if he will assist this process in any way. [19467/16]

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61. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that has called on the Sri Lankan Government to take further action to provide justice to war victims and survivors; that it also called on Sri Lanka to rein in its military forces in Tamil areas and to prosecute Sri Lankan soldiers for war crimes they committed during the war with the Tamil Tigers; that witnesses must be protected under an effective transitional justice mechanism, which should include international judges; and if he will assist this process in any way. [19467/16]

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