Delegation of IPU Committee on Human Rights arrives here

Sandasen Marasinghe and Disna Mudalige

A delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians arrived in Sri Lanka for a three day visit yesterday.

The delegation includes Senator Juan Pablo letelier, Vice Chairperson of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians senator Francis Pangilrnan, Member of the Committee and Manager, Human Rights programme of the Committee Rogier Huizenga. The delegation met Human Rights Commission Chairman Justice Priyantha Perera, Leader of the House and Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa. They were to meet Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday.

The delegation will meet various party representatives during their stay until July 11.