Diplomats concerned Australia is undermining Sri Lanka inquiry call

By Bianca Hall, David Wroe
Updated February 24 2014 - 4:08am, first published 3:30am

Diplomats preparing for the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva next month have expressed concern Australia is working to ''actively undermine'' a push for an international inquiry into human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, because of the government's eagerness to co-operate with that country's leaders on asylum seekers.

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