Sri Lanka's Attorney General says 667 former child combatants rehabilitated since May 2009, media report

Sri Lanka's Attorney General Mohan Peiris has said that a total of 667 former undergone rehabilitation since May 2009 have been released and reunited with their parents and families.

Peiris, according to media reports has mentioned this fact during an interactive dialogue with Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy at the 15th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva.

"Out of the 667 children, 316 were boys and 351 were girls. The rehabilitation process involved psycho-social counseling, spiritual guidance and social rehabilitation, special education classes and vocational training," he has said.
According to Peiris, throughout the three decade long conflict, the government continued to uphold and enforce a zero-tolerance policy towards abduction and use of children in armed conflict.