Colombo (Reuters)-the Commonwealth Secretary-general Kamalesh Sharma started talks in Sri Lanka, Sunday, by encouraging the independence of courts in the island nation, while Canada renews call to boycott a summit meeting of the Group were in Colombo later this year.
Sharma held talks with Sri Lankan leaders in Colombo regarding the rule of law and separation of powers after the country's international appeal and disobedience to fire the Supreme Court's Chairman in January, said the AFP report block.
A four-day visit to Sri Lanka Sharma do when Canada is urging other countries in the Commonwealth of 54 countries that are not following the meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) in November, held in Colombo.
Canada reported Sri Lanka Commonwealth over alleged violations of democratic values that block by ignoring the two court rulings and fired the Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake last month.
The woman judge issued the rulings which are considered unfavourable for the Government of President Mahindra Rajapakse, who is also accused of failing to investigate war crimes allegations against Sri Lankan soldiers who defeated the Tamil Tigers rebels in 2009.
"Sharma is expected to discuss among other options to advance the values and principles of the Commonwealth, including the independence of the courts and the authority of the permisahan," the Commonwealth said in a statement.
According to the statement, Sharma also discussed preparations for the November summit that will still take place despite Canada objected.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned he might not attend the Summit that unless Sri Lanka deal with allegations of atrocities during the final stages of the war with separatist Tamil rebels in 2009.
Sri Lankan troops launched a major offensive to crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil rebel group Eelam ('S LTTE) in 2009 which ended the nearly four-decade ethnic war in the country.
However, the victory over Sri Lanka'S LTTE forces spark the widespread allegations of human rights violations.
In September 2011, Amnesty International based in London, quoting eyewitnesses and aid workers who said, at least 10,000 civilians killed in the final phase of the military offensive against Tamil Tiger guerrillas in May 2009.
In April 2011, the panel report was UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted the allegations of war crimes committed on both sides.
Sri Lanka criticised UN Commission report as "preposterous" and said the report was one-sided, and relies on subjective evidence from anonymous sources.
Sri Lanka rejects call for international investigation of war crimes and insisted that no civilians are being targeted by Government forces. However, HUMAN RIGHTS groups said, more than 40,000 civilians may be killed as a result of the action of both adversaries. (M014)
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