“The six parties (Egypt, Turkmenistan, Zambia, Peru, Sri Lanka and Panama) are among the 173 members of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Covenant as well as the Committee's previous recommendations,” the UN said.

It also said that the Human Rights Committee, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the six delegations through public dialogues. The review on Sri Lanka will be held on March 8 and 9, it added.(Sunil Jayasiri)