Leader of opposition and former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremasinghe (L) looks on as Senior leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lal Krishna Advani waves to media representatives ahead of a meeting in New Delhi on April 2, 2013. Wickremasinghe is in India for a two-day official visit. He is the first high level Sri Lankan political leader to visit New Delhi after India voted for the resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
A South Korean protester stabs a target mark attached on a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a knife during an anti-North Korea and pro-South Korea rally near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 22, 2013. The United Nations' top human rights body unanimously approved Thursday a formal probe into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity. The 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council signed off on the resolution backed by the U.S., Japan and the European Union that authorizes an investigation into what U.N. officials describe as suspected widespread and systematic violations of human rights in North Korea.
Sri Lankan government supporters carry placards during a protest outside the U.S. embassy against a U.S.-sponsored draft resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The resolution if carried is expected to urge Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of serious human rights violations in the country's civil war. The protesters call it an interference in the country's domestic affairs. A placard at left depicts U.N. Human Rights chief Navi Pillay with her name written in Sinhalese.
Agitating against continuing war crimes against Tamils in Sri Lanka, around 2000 students stage a protest at Marina Beach in Chennai on March 20, 2013. India promised Wednesday to push for a 'strong' resolution against Sri Lanka in the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council that would demand its neighbour investigate alleged war crimes.
Indian Tamil activists attend a protest against Sri Lanka's Sinhalese-dominated government, which has been accused of abusing Tamils during the country's civil war, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. The protesters demanded that India support the resolution that the United States proposes to introduce at the current United Nations Human Rights Council meeting urging a full accounting of what happened at the end of Sri Lanka's civil war.
Indian Tamil activists protesting against Sri Lanka s alleged war-time abuses hold placards demanding "Tamil Elam," an independent state that Tamils aspire to create in Sri Lanka, during a protest in Chennai, India, Monday, March 18, 2013. The protesters demanded that India should support the resolution that the United States proposes to introduce at the current United Nations Human Rights Council meeting urging a full accounting of what happened at the end of Sri Lanka's civil war.
