United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is set to visit Sri Lanka, marking the first such visit in nine years. While exact dates have not been finalized, the Sri Lankan government has agreed to host the Austrian diplomat, who assumed office in October 2022.
This visit comes at a critical time as Sri Lanka faces mounting international scrutiny over its human rights record. The last visit by a UN Human Rights Commissioner was in February 2016, when Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein visited during the presidency of Maithripala Sirisena.
