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Jurisprudential Guides Notes
On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide:
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
On
December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
On
July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
On
July 20, 2017, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being
Jurisprudential Guides.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
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SRI LANKA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
March 2008
Accessed Date:
22 February 2013
Title:
Sri Lanka. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Date of Document:
13 August 2025
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
1 June 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
19 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
26 February 2025
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Postal Zones in Colombo — Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
27 November 2006
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Présentation du Sri Lanka
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
23 July 2025
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
The socio-economic situation in Colombo, Kandy, and Galle, including demographics, employment rates, economic sectors, and crime rates, as well as access to housing, education, and health care (2022–July 2024)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2024
Accessed Date:
27 August 2024
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Sri Lanka
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
2 May 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia 2021: Identity-Based Conflict and Extremism.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Country Information Note. Sri Lanka: Healthcare and medical treatment. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2024
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka: Country Report
Source:
Asylum Research Centre
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 January 2022
Accessed Date:
19 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka: Food Security Monitoring. Remote Household Food Security Survey Brief.
Source:
United Nations. World Food Programme.
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka: Background and Issues for Congress. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
2 December 2024
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka: Update on the socioeconomic crisis
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
18 July 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : crise économique et soins de santé
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
13 July 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : accès à des soins psychiatriques et de réhabilitation à Jaffna pour les victimes de la torture
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 March 2024
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
25 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Situation of human rights in Sri Lanka
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
27 August 2024
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Old ghosts in new garb: Sri Lanka's return to fear
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 February 2021
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee 137th session, 27 February- 24 March 2023
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
31 January 2023
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
National report submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Sri Lanka
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/42/LKA/1
Date of Document:
30 December 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/42/LKA/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
14 November 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Sri Lanka
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/42/LKA/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
7 November 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
From bad to worse: Rights under attack during Sri lanka's economic crisis
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 May 2022
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
“If We Raise Our Voice They Arrest Us”: Sri Lanka's Proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 September 2023
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
18 March 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Open Wounds and Mounting Dangers: Blocking Accountability for Grave Abuses in Sri Lanka
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 February 2021
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly et al.
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka : La marche P2P
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 February 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on his visit to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
5 May 2020
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
26 April 2023
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : participation aux cérémonies de commémoration
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
10 April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 August 2020
Title:
“We are near total breakdown”: Protecting the rights to health, food and social security in Sri Lanka's economic crisis
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 October 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power
Date of Document:
13 January 2025
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Anatomy of a Crackdown: The repression of Sri Lanka's aragalaya protest movement
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
18 May 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Identity documents, including biometric passports, National Identity Cards (NICs), birth certificates, and driver's licences; requirements and procedures to obtain such documents; appearance and security features (2016-July 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 August 2020
Accessed Date:
28 August 2020
Title:
Frequently Asked Questions
Source:
Sri Lanka. Department for Registration of Persons.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2003
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Title:
Issuance of a New Passport
Source:
Sri Lanka. Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Toronto.
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Source:
Sri Lanka. Department of Immigration and Emigration. Sri Lankan Identity Overseas.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Title:
Hill Country Tamils of Sri Lanka: Towards Meaningful Citizenship
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion; Verité Research
Date of Document:
August 2019
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Sri Lanka
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Luwie Ganeshathasan; Asanga Welikala
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Activity of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, including arrests, whether LTTE members have been responsible for extortion, disappearances or bombings since the government defeated the LTTE, and whether the LTTE has the capacity...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 March 2016
Title:
Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions
Source:
Verité Research; Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Political situation, including political parties and alliances, particularly since the 2024 elections; treatment of political opponents and protesters by authorities (2024–July 2025)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2025
Accessed Date:
26 August 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Tamil Separatism. Version 8.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2022
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Sri Lanka: Parliament.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Political Parties of the Election Commission: Names of Recognized Political Parties, Approved symbols, and the list of Names, Addresses & Telephone Numbers of the Secretary of each Party by The Election Commission
Source:
Sri Lanka. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
Date of Document:
2 June 2025
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka 2024 Final Report: Presidential Elections: 21 September 2024
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
17 January 2025
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka : Les personnes ciblées par les autorités pour leur participation au mouvement « Aragalaya » de 2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 April 2024
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Election for Sri Lankan Presidency of 21 September 2024.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, No. 34 of 2005
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Title:
Foregoing meals to make-do: The Impact of Sri Lanka's economic crisis on maternal nutrition
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
12 July 2023
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Country Profile on Gender-Based Violence in Sri Lanka
Source:
World Health Organization
Accessed Date:
13 March 2020
Title:
Situation and treatment of Tamils, including single Tamil women; ability to relocate to Colombo, including access to housing, education, employment, and health care; the method and ability of the government or paramilitaries to track Tamils, ..
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 May 2022
Accessed Date:
18 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka: Gender-based violence (GBV) against Tamils by state authorities
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research Documentation.
Date of Document:
17 February 2023
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka's Conflict-Affected Women: Dealing with the Legacy of War
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 July 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
28 February 2025
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Unsilenced: Male Survivors Speak of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka
Source:
International Truth and Justice Project
Date of Document:
September 2018
Author:
Dr. Heleen Touquet
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Supplement to the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Sri Lanka.
Source:
REDRESS; Institute for International Criminal Investigations
Date of Document:
March 2018
Author:
Dr. Isabelle Lassé; Sarah Fulton
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Short Report: FGC in Sri Lanka
Source:
Orchid Project; Asia Network to End FGM/C
Date of Document:
July 2024
Author:
Caroline Pinder et al.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Smashing spatial patriarchy: Shifting social norms driving sexual and gender-based violence on public transport in Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
23 July 2019
Author:
Anam Parvez Butt; Sharanya Sekaram
Accessed Date:
13 March 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : Violences et discriminations envers les femmes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 August 2018
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : La législation du divorce
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 January 2018
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Women's Wellbeing Survey – 2019
Source:
Sri Lanka. Department of Census and Statistics.
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Female Genital Mutilation and Reproductive Violence In Sri Lanka. Women Break the Silence: Gender-based Torture in Asia.
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Philippine Alliance for Human Rights Advocates
Date of Document:
May 2022
Author:
Shreen Abdul Saroor
Editor:
Alexander Goodhew
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Situation of single women, including widows, and their treatment by society and authorities, including their ability to live on their own and access housing, education, employment, health care, and support services (2021–June 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 June 2023
Accessed Date:
19 July 2023
Title:
Replies of Sri Lanka to the list of issues and questions in relation to its ninth periodic report
Date of Document:
14 May 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
12 May 2025
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Version 6.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2024
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Guide on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Sri Lankans
Source:
Women and Media Collective; Norwegian Embassy, Colombo
Date of Document:
20 September 2021
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Sri Lanka: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Sri Lanka.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
17 April 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka : Les Tigres libérateurs de l'Eelam tamoul (LTTE) dans la province de l'Est
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 December 2020
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Global corruption barometer 2019: Sri Lanka
Source:
Transparency International Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
13 March 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : Relations entre le grand banditisme et les politiciens
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 August 2018
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : Le recrutement des mineurs par les Tigres libérateurs de l'Eelam tamoul (LTTE)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 July 2021
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka : La désertion dans l'armée
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 March 2022
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Sri Lanka. Submission to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances: 29th Session, 22 September – 3 October, 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 July 2025
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Information on the ability of notaries public, lawyers or commissioners of oaths to notarize a document in which the deponent is stating that they aided an individual, who was wanted by the authorities, in fleeing the country; whether the notary...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 July 2017
Accessed Date:
22 March 2018
Title:
Transitional Justice and Terrorism: The Case of Sri Lanka
Source:
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Date of Document:
September 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka: Revoke Sweeping New Order to Restrict Protest
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 September 2022
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka: Emergency regulations must not lead to further crackdown on human rights
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 July 2022
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Legal Research and Legal System in Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
February 2021
Author:
Ayomi Aluwihare; Shakthi Ratnakumaran
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka : Lieux de détention
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 May 2020
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Understanding Rule of Law, Human Security and Prevention of Terrorism in Sri Lanka
Source:
Law and Society Trust
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
No Trials, Only Tribulations for Tamil Victims of Sri Lanka's Conflict-related Sexual Violence
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
August 2022
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
“In a Legal Black Hole”: Sri Lanka's Failure to Reform the Prevention of Terrorism Act
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 February 2022
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka: False Terrorism Cases Enable Repression
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 July 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence on his visit to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 June 2020
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Terrorism Investigation Division: Sri Lankan Police
Source:
International Truth and Justice Project
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
13 March 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka: Torture and sexual violence by security forces 2020-2021
Source:
International Truth and Justice Project
Date of Document:
September 2021
Author:
Yasmin Sooka; Frances Harrison
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
“Ready to suppress any protest”: Sri Lanka: Unlawful use of weapons during protests
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its visit to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 July 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Police reports, including records of arrest or detention, extracts of complaints, and police clearance certificates; procedures for an individual to obtain a copy of a police report; prevalence of fraudulent police reports (2019–April 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 April 2021
Accessed Date:
19 May 2021
Title:
Too Little Change: Ongoing Torture in Security Operations in Sri Lanka
Source:
Freedom from Torture
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Overview of Sri Lankan media sources, including affiliation or association with government or opposition parties (2019–April 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 April 2021
Accessed Date:
19 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka : Le journal IBC Tamil
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
30 March 2023
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka: Cautious Hope. Frontline Democracy: Media Amid Political Churn. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2024–2025.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
May 2025
Editor:
Jane Worthington; Laxmi Murthy
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
GNI Welcomes Sri Lanka's Plans to Reconsider Online Safety Act
Source:
Global Network Initiative
Date of Document:
27 November 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2025 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
25 March 2025
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Minority religious groups. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2025
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Les organisations singhalaises bouddhistes nationalistes et leurs campagnes antimusulmanes
Source:
France. Office française pour la protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
13 November 2018
Accessed Date:
16 March 2020
Title:
Religious Violence Against Christians: Disruptions and Distractions (November 2021 - October 2022)
Author:
Ranmini Gunasekara
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
A Nation Divided: The state of freedom of religion or belief in Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
“One Country, One Law”: The Sri Lankan State's Hostility toward Muslims Grows Deeper
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 December 2021
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
After Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings: Reducing Risks of Future Violence. Asia Report N°302.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 September 2019
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Country Update: Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's Shrinking Space for Religious Minorities.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
June 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka: From burning houses to burning bodies: Anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in Sri Lanka
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 October 2021
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka : Conséquences des attentats de Pâques 2019 sur la recomposition des forces et du pouvoir politiques
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
Accessed Date:
19 May 2021
Title:
Situation of Christians, including Roman Catholic Christians and Protestant Christians, and treatment by authorities and society; state protection (2020–April 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 May 2022
Accessed Date:
30 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka: Authorities Target Religious Minorities
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 July 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of Tamil citizens, including suspected members or supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); treatment of non-Tamil supporters of the LTTE by the government (2017-August 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 August 2020
Accessed Date:
31 August 2020
Title:
Thematic Country of Origin Information Report: Tamils in Sri Lanka
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
June 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Treatment of Tamils by society and authorities; the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), including relationship with the Tamil population (2014-February 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 March 2017
Accessed Date:
29 March 2017
Title:
Sri Lanka : La dévolution du nom dans la communauté cinghalaise
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on her mission to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
31 January 2017
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined tenth to seventeenth periodic reports of Sri Lanka
Code:
CERD/C/LKA/CO/10-17
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
6 October 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Trincomalee Under Siege: Land Grabs Target the Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka
Source:
The Oakland Institute
Date of Document:
12 September 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka: Situation of Tamils with links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); situation of family members of former LTTE members
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research Documentation.
Date of Document:
16 February 2023
Accessed Date:
19 July 2023
Title:
Situation and treatment of Muslims by society and the authorities; state protection (2019–April 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 May 2021
Accessed Date:
26 May 2021
Title:
State-sponsored Sinhalization of the North-East
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
19 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : L'associationGlobal Tamil Movement (GTM)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 September 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Social, Economic and Political Participation and Representation of Sri Lanka's Religious and Ethnic Minorities. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2024: Economic, Political and Social Participation and Representation of Minorities.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
April 2025
Author:
Sakuntala Kadirgamar
Editor:
Apurwa Baral et al.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka: Situation of Tamils who participated in past protests
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research Documentation.
Date of Document:
10 February 2023
Accessed Date:
19 July 2023
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Entry and exit procedures at international airports, including security screening and documentation required for citizens to enter and leave the country (2022–July 2024)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 July 2024
Accessed Date:
27 August 2024
Title:
Registration requirements in Colombo for Tamil and Sinhalese citizens who migrate from Jaffna or other regions of the country (2017-July 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2020
Accessed Date:
21 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lankan Refugee Returnees in 2019 and 2020: Results of Household Visit Protection Monitoring Interviews (Tool Two)
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
19 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : L'attitude des autorités à l'égard des ressortissants sri-lankais partis combattre aux côtés des forces ukrainiennes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 November 2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka : La situation pour les personnes retournant au Sri Lanka
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 March 2022
Accessed Date:
19 July 2023
Title:
Situation and treatment by authorities of returnees, including failed asylum seekers and family members of persons who have left Sri Lanka and claimed refugee status; treatment of returnees upon arrival at international airports, including faile...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 July 2024
Accessed Date:
27 August 2024
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 August 2024:
Title:
Sri Lanka. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Date of Document:
7 August 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sri-lanka/
Accessed Date:
19 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
11 July 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
19 August 2024
Title:
Présentation du Sri Lanka
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
7 February 2023
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/sri-lanka/presentation-du-sri-lanka/
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Medical treatment and healthcare. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/903780/Sri_Lanka_-_Medical_CPIN_-_v.1.0_July_2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka: Country Report
Source:
Asylum Research Centre
Date of Document:
July 2020
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2033016/FINAL_ARC_COI_report_on_Sri_Lanka_July_2020PDF.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka: Background and Issues for Congress. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
18 December 2023
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10213
Accessed Date:
19 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. Amnesty International Report 2023/24: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/sri-lanka/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. Issuance of a New Passport
Source:
Sri Lanka. Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Toronto.
Date of Document:
1 January 2018
URL:
http://www.torontoslcg.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109&Itemid=106
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/SriLanka.html
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Sri Lanka: Parliament.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/162/basic-information?chamber_id=13531
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Names of Recognized Political Parties, Approved symbols, and the list of and Names, Address and Telephone Number of the Secretary of each Party
Source:
Sri Lanka. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
Date of Document:
26 March 2024
URL:
https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/pdf/pol_party_list/partylist_2024_E.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
URL:
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/sri-lanka/
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2021
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1039053/Sri_Lanka_Final_PDF.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/sri-lanka/
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka: Curbs and Controls. Artificial Independence: The Fight to Save Media and Democracy. 22nd Annual South Asia Press Freedom Report 2023-2024.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
May 2024
Editor:
Jane Worthington; Laxmi Murthy
URL:
https://samsn.ifj.org/SAPFR23-24/sri-lanka-2/
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom on the Net 2023.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/sri-lanka/freedom-net/2023
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2024 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
1 May 2024
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/Sri%20Lanka.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Religious minorities. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2021
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1014171/Sri_Lanka_-_Religious_Minorities_-_CPIN_-_v2.0_-_August_2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Majoritarianism and Its Impact on Minorities in Sri Lanka. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2023: Majoritarianism and Its Impact on Minorities.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
April 2024
Author:
Sakuntala Kadirgamar
Editor:
Apurwa Baral et al.
URL:
https://thesouthasiacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/south-asia-state-of-minorities-report-2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
The State of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Sri Lanka: A Joint Civil Society Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Source:
Law and Society Trust et al.
Date of Document:
April 2017
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1498129564_int-cescr-css-lka-27228-e.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism: Visit to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
14 December 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/40/52/Add.3
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on his visit to Sri Lanka: Comments by the State
Date of Document:
1 February 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/40/52/Add.8
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Flickering Hope: Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence in Sri Lanka
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 January 2019
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ASA3797152019ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka: The Extent of Compliance with International Human Rights Obligations. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2022: Weakening Human Rights Commitments and Its Impact on Minorities.
Source:
South Asia Collective
Date of Document:
February 2023
Author:
Sakuntala Kadirgamar
Editor:
Sanjit Shrestha et al.
URL:
https://thesouthasiacollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SASM2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : accès aux traitements de réhabilitation pour les victimes de la torture
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
1 September 2020
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Asien-Pazifik/Sri_Lanka/200901_Lka_RehabilitationFolteropfer_FR.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka : traitement psychiatrique et psychothérapie dans le Nord
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
3 September 2020
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Asien-Pazifik/Sri_Lanka/200903_Lka_Psychiatrische_Behandlung_FR_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Situation of human rights in Sri Lanka
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 October 2023
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/54/20
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Political situation and Rajapaksa regime, including trends in political culture; situation of political opponents, including the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), the People's Liberation Front (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, JVP), the Samagi ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 April 2022
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458600
Accessed Date:
18 May 2022
Title:
Political situation, including the resignation of President Rajapaksa and the change in government; situation of political opponents and treatment of protesters, human rights defenders, and civil society activists by the authorities (July 2022–July 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 July 2023
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458844
Accessed Date:
26 July 2023
Title:
A Year After Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka Remains in Crisis
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 July 2023
Author:
Meenakshi Ganguly
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/12/year-after-rajapaksa-sri-lanka-remains-crisis
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Political situation, including political parties and alliances (2017-August 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 August 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458150
Accessed Date:
28 August 2020
Title:
General Election 2020: Results
Source:
Parliament of Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
10 August 2020
URL:
https://www.parliament.lk/en/election-2020/
Accessed Date:
26 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : Les actions maritimes armées des Tigres de la mer (Sea Tigers)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 February 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1802_lka_lesactionsmaritimesarmeesdesseatigers.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
For Lanka, A Long Road to Democratic Reform Awaits
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
25 July 2022
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/lanka-long-road-democratic-reform-awaits
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : Le mouvement de protestation « Aragalaya » de 2022 contre la gouvernance des Rajapaksa
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 August 2022
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2208_lka_le_mouvement_aragalaya_157076_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Political Upheaval in Sri Lanka
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
September 2020
URL:
https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/comments/2020C42_SriLanka.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka: Keeping the Storm at Bay. Watch List 2022: Autumn Update.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
10 October 2022
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/sri-lanka-keeping-storm-bay
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : Situation des membres du LTTE et impact de l'élection présidentielle du 16 novembre 2019
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
19 December 2019
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Asien-Pazifik/Sri_Lanka/191219-lka-situation-membres-ltte-asylwiki-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : Les syndicats étudiants
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 September 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1807_lka_les_syndicats_etudiants.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : Les nouvelles configurations politiques : victoire électorale du SLPP et soutien de l'EPDP à la TNA
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 May 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1804_lka_configurations_politiques_nouvelles.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : situation politique actuelle, surveillance de la diaspora, collecte de fonds à l'étranger pour les victimes de la guerre
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
10 April 2020
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Asien-Pazifik/Sri_Lanka/200410_LKA_PolSituation_Diaspora_FR_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka: Authorities continue to stifle protests, harass activists and push repressive laws
Date of Document:
7 March 2024
URL:
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/sri-lanka-authorities-continue-to-stifle-protests-harass-activists-and-push-repressive-laws/
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
9 March 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/LKA/CO/8
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
NGO Parallel Report: Progress Across the 12 Critical Areas of Concern. Country Report — Sri Lanka.
Source:
Women and Media Collective
Date of Document:
July 2019
URL:
https://www.ngocsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sri-Lanka-CSO-report.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 March 2020
Title:
Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions Survey Report: Sri Lankan society's views about sexuality and LGBT people's experiences in Sri Lanka
Source:
Westminster Foundation for Democracy; Kaleidoscope Trust
URL:
https://www.wfd.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Final%20Report%20-%2012th%20Jan%202022.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
14 February 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1801_lka_lgbti.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka: Forced Anal Exams in Homosexuality Prosecutions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 October 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/20/sri-lanka-forced-anal-exams-homosexuality-prosecutions
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Date of Document:
5 November 2020
URL:
https://www.ganintegrity.com/country-profiles/sri-lanka/#:~:text=Sri%20Lanka%20risk%20report&text=There%20is%20a%20moderately%20high,government%20officials%2C%20nepotism%20and%20cronyism.
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
II. Sri Lanka: Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in the report of its visit to Sri Lanka from 9 to 18 November 2015 (A/HRC/33/51/Add.2)
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
10 September 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/42/40/Add.1
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Situational analysis of trafficking in persons in Sri Lanka: A civil society perspective
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
18 March 2021
Author:
Menaka Lecamwasam
URL:
https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sri-Lanka-TIP_Situational-Analysis-of-Trafficking-in-Persons-in-Sri-Lanka-A-Civil-Society-Perspective.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on her mission to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 March 2017
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/35/31/Add.1
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Delayed or Denied? Sri Lanka's Failing Transitional Justice Process
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
May 2018
URL:
https://pearlaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pearl-tj-report-final-portrait.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Prison Study by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
November 2020
URL:
https://www.hrcsl.lk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Prison-Report-Final-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 May 2021
Title:
PTA: Terrorising Sri Lanka for 42 years. Socio-economic and psychological impact on families of PTA detainees following the Easter Sunday Attacks.
Source:
Law and Society Trust
URL:
https://srilankabrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/PTA_Terrorising-Sri-Lanka-for-42-years-English.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Why Can't We Go Home? Military Occupation of Land in Sri Lanka.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 October 2018
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly et al.
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/10/09/why-cant-we-go-home/military-occupation-land-sri-lanka#
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka: Police Abuses Surge Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 August 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/06/sri-lanka-police-abuses-surge-amid-covid-19-pandemic
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
27 January 2017
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/CAT/C/LKA/CO/5
Accessed Date:
27 March 2017
Title:
Sinhalization of the North East: Kankesanthurai (KKS)
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
26 October 2020
URL:
https://pearlaction.org/2020/10/26/kks/
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka: Online Safety Act major blow to freedom of expression
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 January 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/01/sri-lanka-online-safety-act-major-blow-to-freedom-of-expression/
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Sri Lanka: Due Process Concerns in Arrests of Muslims
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 April 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/23/sri-lanka-due-process-concerns-arrests-muslims
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his visit to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/43/48/Add.2
Accessed Date:
19 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka : Les Eglises évangéliques
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 August 2018
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/1808_lka_les_eglises_evangeliques.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka: Eliminating Intolerance and Discrimination based on Religion or Belief and the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 16 in Sri Lanka: Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 June 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ASA3724872020ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2020
Title:
Fact-finding Report on the Anti-Muslim Violence in the Kandy District March 2018
Source:
Law and Society Trust
Editor:
Dilhara Pathirana
URL:
https://www.lstlanka.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kandy_fact-finding_report_English.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka Face Covering Ban Latest Blow for Muslim Women
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 May 2021
Author:
Meenakshi Ganguly
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/04/sri-lanka-face-covering-ban-latest-blow-muslim-women
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka : Situation des membres de la minorité chrétienne
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
16 December 2019
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Asien-Pazifik/Sri_Lanka/191216-lka-minorite-chretienne-asylwiki-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka: Tamils Detained for Commemorating War Dead
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
6 December 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/06/sri-lanka-tamils-detained-commemorating-war-dead
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
Report of a Home Office fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka conducted between 28 September and 5 October 2019
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
20 January 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859277/Sri_Lanka_FFM_report_2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 March 2020
Title:
Sri Lanka : La situation des minorités sous la présidence de Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 March 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2103_lka_situation_des_minorites_152065_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Endless War: The Destroyed Land, Life, and Identity of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka
Source:
The Oakland Institute
URL:
https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/oaklandinstitute.org/files/endless-war-web.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka: menaces pesant sur les personnes figurant sur la liste nationale des individus soupçonnés de terrorisme
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 February 2018
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2018047/180221-lka-liste-terrorismusverdaechtige-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Old ghosts in new garb: Sri Lanka's return to fear
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 February 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ASA3736592021ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee 137th session, 27 February- 24 March 2023
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
31 January 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa37/6398/2023/en/
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
From bad to worse: Rights under attack during Sri lanka's economic crisis
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 May 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ASA3755642022ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Open Wounds and Mounting Dangers: Blocking Accountability for Grave Abuses in Sri Lanka
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 February 2021
Editor:
Meenakshi Ganguly et al.
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2021/01/srilanka0221_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 May 2021
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/sri-lanka/
Accessed Date:
18 May 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Tamil Separatism. Version 8.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2022
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sri-lanka-country-policy-and-information-notes/country-policy-and-information-note-tamil-separatism-sri-lanka-august-2022-accessible-version
Accessed Date:
17 July 2023
Title:
Guide on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex Sri Lankans
Source:
Women and Media Collective; Norwegian Embassy, Colombo
Date of Document:
20 September 2021
URL:
https://womenandmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Output-1-Advocacy-Document-for-MPs-final-English.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka : Le recrutement des mineurs par les Tigres libérateurs de l'Eelam tamoul (LTTE)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 July 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2107_lka_recrutement_mineurs_ltte__126596_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Sri Lanka: Emergency regulations must not lead to further crackdown on human rights
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 July 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/sri-lanka-emergency-regulations-must-not-lead-to-further-crackdown-on-human-rights/
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
No Trials, Only Tribulations for Tamil Victims of Sri Lanka's Conflict-related Sexual Violence
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
August 2022
URL:
https://pearlaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/No-Trials-Only-Tribulations-for-Tamil-Victims-of-Sri-Lankas-CRSV-August-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its visit to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 July 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/39/45/Add.2
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Too Little Change: Ongoing Torture in Security Operations in Sri Lanka
Source:
Freedom from Torture
Date of Document:
February 2019
URL:
https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/default/files/2019-03/fft_sri_lanka_report_v5_lr.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Religious Violence Against Christians: Disruptions and Distractions (November 2021 - October 2022)
Author:
Ranmini Gunasekara
URL:
https://www.veriteresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/VR_EN_RR_March2023_ReligiousViolenceAgainstChristiansDisruptionsandDistractions.pdf
Accessed Date:
18 July 2023
Title:
A Nation Divided: The state of freedom of religion or belief in Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
September 2021
URL:
https://docs-eu.livesiteadmin.com/dc3e323f-351c-4172-800e-4e02848abf80/2021-08-sri-lanka.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
“One Country, One Law”: The Sri Lankan State's Hostility toward Muslims Grows Deeper
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 December 2021
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/%E2%80%9Cone-country-one-law%E2%80%9D-sri-lankan-states-hostility-toward-muslims-grows-deeper
Accessed Date:
16 May 2022
Title:
Country Update: Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's Shrinking Space for Religious Minorities.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
June 2024
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024%20Sri%20Lanka%20Country%20Update.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2024
Title:
State-sponsored Sinhalization of the North-East
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
May 2022
URL:
https://pearlaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/State-Sponsored-Sinhalization-of-the-North-East-March-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 July 2023
Title:
Sri Lanka : accès à des soins psychiatriques et de réhabilitation à Jaffna pour les victimes de la torture
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 March 2024
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Asien-Pazifik/Sri_Lanka/240321_LKA_soins_de_sante_mentale_Jaffna_rehabilitation_victime_torture.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/sri-lanka/
Accessed Date:
25 August 2025
Title:
Situation of human rights in Sri Lanka
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
27 August 2024
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/57/19
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka: Civic space restrictions and targeting of activists persist as new government takes power
Date of Document:
13 January 2025
URL:
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/sri-lanka-civic-space-restrictions-and-targeting-of-activists-persist-as-new-government-takes-power/
Accessed Date:
15 August 2025
Title:
Political situation, including political parties and alliances, particularly since the 2024 elections; treatment of political opponents and protesters by authorities (2024–July 2025)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2025
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=459043
Accessed Date:
26 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka 2024 Final Report: Presidential Elections: 21 September 2024
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
17 January 2025
URL:
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2025/EU%20EOM%20LKA%202024%20FR%20%281%29.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka : Les personnes ciblées par les autorités pour leur participation au mouvement « Aragalaya » de 2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 April 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2404_lka_aragalaya_personnes_ciblees_160292_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Election for Sri Lankan Presidency of 21 September 2024.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4364/
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
28 February 2025
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/CEDAW/C/LKA/CO/9
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Short Report: FGC in Sri Lanka
Source:
Orchid Project; Asia Network to End FGM/C
Date of Document:
July 2024
Author:
Caroline Pinder et al.
URL:
https://www.fgmcri.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Sri%20Lanka/sri_lanka_short_report_v1_(july_2024).pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/country/sri_lanka
Accessed Date:
19 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka. Submission to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances: 29th Session, 22 September – 3 October, 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 July 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ASA3701252025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Transitional Justice and Terrorism: The Case of Sri Lanka
Source:
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Date of Document:
September 2024
URL:
https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/2024-09/Siampakou%2C%20Transitional%20Justice%20and%20Terrorism%2C%20The%20Case%20of%20Sri%20Lanka%202.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
GNI Welcomes Sri Lanka's Plans to Reconsider Online Safety Act
Source:
Global Network Initiative
Date of Document:
27 November 2024
URL:
https://globalnetworkinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/GNI-Welcomes-Sri-Lankas-Plans-to-Reconsider-Online-Safety-Act-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka: Authorities Target Religious Minorities
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 July 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/28/sri-lanka-authorities-target-religious-minorities
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Thematic Country of Origin Information Report: Tamils in Sri Lanka
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
June 2024
URL:
https://www.government.nl/binaries/government/documenten/directives/2024/06/30/thematic-country-of-origin-information-report-tamils-in-sri-lanka-june-2024/Thematic+country+of+origin+information+report+Tamils+in+Sri+Lanka+June+2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka : La dévolution du nom dans la communauté cinghalaise
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 June 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2405_lka_devolution_nom_cinghalais_162727_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Trincomalee Under Siege: Land Grabs Target the Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka
Source:
The Oakland Institute
Date of Document:
12 September 2024
URL:
https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/default/files/files-archive/trincomalee-report.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka : L'associationGlobal Tamil Movement (GTM)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 September 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2409_lka_global_tamil_movement_163092_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
Title:
Sri Lanka : L'attitude des autorités à l'égard des ressortissants sri-lankais partis combattre aux côtés des forces ukrainiennes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 November 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2411_lka_combattants_ukraine_163714_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 August 2025
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