Measures taken/current situation
Situation during
the visit
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d.2
Level of implementation and
observations (to be completed
by the WGEID)
The optional protocol on torture also the same.
Other protocols if they are not related to the actions of the armed forces or related to war,
Disappearances and Human rights, government may agree for future suggestions.
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(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(c) Adopt comprehensive
legislation on enforced
disappearances
without
delay and ensure that it
provides for:
Paragraphs 12, 14,
15
Sri Lanka has not ratified the Rome Statute
On 05 December 2017, Sri Lanka acceded to the Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture (OPCAT). The OPCAT came into force for Sri Lanka
on 04 January 2018.
Sri Lanka has not ratified the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions
Government
In March 2018, Sri Lanka’s parliament enacted the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Act, No. 5 of 2018 (‘Enforced
Disappearance Act’), which incorporates the provisions of the Convention into domestic law,
and specifically prohibits enforced disappearance in Sri Lanka.
The Act is accessible at https://srilankalaw.lk/gazette/2018_pdf/05-2018_E.pdf
OMP
Sri Lanka enacted the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearances Act, No. 5 of 2018 (Enforced Disappearances Act) which
criminalises enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka.16
Amnesty
Sri Lanka signed, ratified and in March 2018 passed domestic legislation giving effect to the
International Convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearances.
Centre for Justice and Change
Only OMP was passed and Commissioners appointed. They visited the families concerned
and places. No legislation, rules, regulations made.
.Families of the disappeared
International Convention for the protection of all persons from Enforced Disappearances Act
No 5 of 2018 was pass3ed in the parliament and certified ( activated ) on 21st March 2018.
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Enforced Disappearances Act No. 5 of 2018, Section 3. (Enforced Disappearances Act)
The Working Group welcomes
the adoption of the International
Convention for the Protection of
All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance Act, No. 5 of
2018 (‘Enforced Disappearance
Act’).
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