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State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:PolandPolandRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:2nd session, May 2008Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure that its domestic legislation is in full compliance with the CRC.ImplementationNational Report:
Section V: No. 35: Ongoing. Legislation being reviewed and will be amended where necessary. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:South SudanSouth SudanRegional groupAfrica GroupIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure women's participation in the public life of the country.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 49) The HR Committee was concerned about the low rate of participation by women in political and public life, perpetuated by the persistence of stereotypes regarding the roles, responsibilities and identities of women and men in all spheres of life. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:NeglectedContents:Treaty bodies invited Sri Lanka to consider ratifying ... OP-CRPD, OP-ICESCR ... [Para 1] -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:Review DocumentationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:Reference AddressedContents:UNCT highlighted the concern of CEDAW at the criminalization of consensual adult same-sex relationships by virtue of Section 365A of the penal code and recommended that this provision be repealed ... [Para 38] -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:NeglectedContents:TCHR stated that Tamil women prisoners underwent physical and mental torture at the hands of guards and some became victims to sexual violence perpetrated by the male guards. [Para 25] -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
Type:CommentSession:14th session, November 2012Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Slovenia noted the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women's call for inclusion of a gender perspective in the national Development Agenda. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:2nd session, May 2008Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to work with the international community on protection of human rights, environment, disaster risk management, HIV/AIDS and capacity buildingImplementationNational Report:
Section V: No. 68: Ongoing. These areas are also the subject of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka and its partners. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:QuestionSession:2nd session, May 2008Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Asked about measures taken to address the issues of discrimination against women in employment and occupation in the private sector. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:South AfricaSouth AfricaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider ratifying the OP-CRPD.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Marital rape
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Reform the Penal Code to protect against all forms of rape, including marital rape and remove gender restrictions on the perpetrator and victim of rape.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
Type:Review DocumentationSession:2nd session, May 2008Status:N/AContents:As a country afflicted with conflict, Sri Lanka is of the view that implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security is important as millions of women and children around the world remained adversely affected by conflict and terrorism. We recognize the need to address grave violations of women's human rights in situations of armed conflict, and their potential contribution to peace-building. Sri Lanka fully endorses the approach based on giving greater impetus to gender mainstreaming in the promotion of international peace and security. [Para 84] -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ensure all persons can obtain or amend identity documents as per their self-perceived gender identity free from medical or diagnostic requirements.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:New ZealandNew ZealandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Take further steps to eradicate all forms of discrimination and violence against minority communities, including women and girls, and implement the recent recommendations in this regard from the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:RomaniaRomaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Review and repeal the discriminatory laws and policies which restrict equal access to the right to work for women.
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State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:LatviaLatviaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Review and repeal discriminatory provisions against women in its domestic legislation. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:DPR KoreaDPR KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts to make progress in achieving gender equality and women’s advancement in social, economic and political settings.
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State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:IraqIraqRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Increase women's participation in the public and political life and reform laws that discriminate against women. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:BelgiumBelgiumRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:QuestionSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:N/AContents:Will the government of Sri Lanka respond positively to the outstanding request for a country visit by the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls? -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Amend or repeal Article 16 of the Constitution and amend all Personal Laws to remove discriminatory provisions against women as well as barriers to engaging in the political process.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS3 recommended that mandatory gender sensitization training should be provided to all actors involved in the criminal justice process, including police, lawyers, judges, court staff and court Counsellors. It further recommended specific sentencing policies or guidelines for cases of sexual violence, and that there should be gender-sensitive bilingual female police officers present at all times at the police women and children desks. [Para 23]
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State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:[The Committee against Torture] ... noted that people suspected of having even a remote link with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam had been abducted and subjected to brutal torture, including sexual violence and rape of men and women by the military and the police in unacknowledged places of detention. It urged Sri Lanka to ensure that all allegations of unlawful detention, torture and sexual violence by security forces were promptly, impartially and effectively investigated by an independent body, and to close down any unofficial detention centres and ensure that no one was detained therein. [Para 19] -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS5 noted a 2017 national review showing that 5.2 million people -almost 25 per cent of the population - are currently undernourished, 18 per cent of pregnant women were in “a poor maternal nutrition situation” in 2015, … . [Para 53] -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Domestic violence
- Empowerment of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The Committee on Migrant Workers recommended that Sri Lanka create incomegenerating opportunities for women, including in rural areas, and prevent domestic violence in order to make migration a choice, not a necessity. [Para 55] -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Consider ratifying the Palermo Protocol on human trafficking.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 95) The GOSL … ratified the Palermo Protocol on 15th June 2015. -
State Under Review:Sri LankaSri LankaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthSource Of Reference:DenmarkDenmarkRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:RejectedContents:Conduct impartial investigations and prosecutions against members of the security forces, regardless of rank, implicated in violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including sexual violence.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 96) Furthermore, on 12th January 2016, the GOSL endorsed the Declaration of the Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, recognising that prevention of sexual violence in conflict is critical to peace, security and sustainable development, and reiterated its commitment to ending impunity for such crimes.
Para 101) ... On 7th October 2015, the Jaffna High Court convicted four members of the security forces for the rape of a woman and sexually harassing another woman in Visvamadu. ...
UN Compilation:
Para 25) The HR Committee was concerned about allegations of sexual violence against women in the context of detention, resettlement and other situations that required contact with security forces.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 31) Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) noted that getting justice for victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity received a setback, due to the Government’s unwillingness to prosecute civilian and security forces for having committed mass killings of Tamils and rape.
Para 66) JS5 also noted the State failure to hold accountable military, police and public officers that have committed crimes against women including during the armed conflict, and those who have sexually exploited women seeking state services.
Para 67) TCHR claimed that as part of ethnic cleansing, the soldiers carried on raping, committing sexual assaults, and harassing Tamil women with impunity. JS15 noted that there had been a significant increase in violence against women and children in war affected areas in the North and East.
Para 68) Joint Submission 1 (JS1) expressed concern that continued militarization of the North and East regions and entrenched impunity had created the framework for sexual and gender-based violence and recurring human rights abuses against already vulnerable minority women ... PEARL noted that security forces had perpetrated sexual violence against both women and men on an equal basis.