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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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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:
6 March 2019
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Administrative Map – District: Jaffna
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
1 March 2009
Accessed Date:
22 February 2013
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Tamil separatism. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
8 March 2018
Title:
Report of a Home Office Fact-Finding Mission. Sri Lanka: treatment of Tamils and people who have real or perceived association with the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
8 March 2018
Title:
Postal Zones in Colombo – Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
27 November 2007
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Journalists, media professionals and human rights activists. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
8 March 2018
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Sri Lanka
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
23 May 2018
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Accessed Date:
8 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
8 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
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
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
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
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Sri Lanka
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/LKA/1
Date of Document:
24 August 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Compilation on Sri Lanka
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/LKA/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
28 August 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Sri Lanka
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/LKA/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 August 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Flickering Hope: Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence in Sri Lanka
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 January 2019
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Justice Denied: A Reality Check on Resettlement, Demilitarization, and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
Source:
Oakland Institute
Accessed Date:
29 March 2017
Title:
Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka: Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
25 January 2018
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
The National Identity Card (NIC); its issuance, cost, validity period, security features and description of front and back
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 March 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Fraudulent documents, including national identity cards, registers of birth and birth certificates; difference between registers of birth and birth certificates (2015-July 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 July 2017
Accessed Date:
22 March 2018
Title:
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 2003
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents
Title:
Sri Lanka. Issuance of a New Passport
Source:
Sri Lanka. Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Toronto.
Date of Document:
1 January 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Birth certificates, including issuance procedures and appearance; the language(s) that appear on the certificates; circumstances under which a Ministry of Foreign Affairs stamp would appear on the certificate
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2016
Accessed Date:
22 March 2016
Keywords:
children; identity documents; legislation
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents
Title:
Identity documents issued in Colombo and the northeast of Sri Lanka, including driver's licences, temporary identity cards and postal identity cards
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 January 2013
Accessed Date:
28 February 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Identity or personal documents that indicate the residence address of an individual in the country (2014-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 June 2015
Accessed Date:
11 March 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Statements by village headmen confirming that a person lives in a certain area; whether these are used as official documents; appearance and contents of these documents (2014-February 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2016
Accessed Date:
22 March 2016
Keywords:
identity documents; political organizations; statistics
Title:
National Identity Card FAQ
Source:
Sri Lanka. Department for Registration of Persons.
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Sri Lanka. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Issue of Passports
Source:
Sri Lanka. Department of Immigration and Emigration. Sri Lankan Identity Overseas.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
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
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; political activities
Title:
Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions
Source:
Verité Research: Strategic Analysis for Asia
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka: Les changements politiques intervenus en 2015
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides
Date of Document:
23 March 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Election for President of 8 January 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
19 February 2015
Keywords:
election; political organizations
Title:
Sri Lanka. Parliament.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
3 February 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Recognized Political Parties
Source:
Election Commission of Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
17 July 2018
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Two Years in Government: A Review of the Pledges Made in 2015 Through the Lens of Constitutional Reform, Governance and Transitional Justice
Source:
Centre for Policy Alternatives
Date of Document:
February 2017
Author:
Bhavani Fonseka et al.
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
The United National Party (UNP), including organizational structure, membership and differences between local and national branches; election process for UNP committees at the local level (2004-November 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 November 2014
Accessed Date:
25 February 2015
Keywords:
political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
People's Alliance Party, Arachchikattuwa, including structure, leadership and establishment; relationship with the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) (2010-November 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2014
Accessed Date:
25 February 2015
Keywords:
political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Sri Lanka's Transition to Nowhere. Asia Report N°286.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
16 May 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Sri Lanka.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
27 March 2018
Title:
Presidential Elections 2015. Districts Results by Polling Division and All Island Results.
Source:
Election Commission of Sri Lanka
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Parliamentary Elections 2015. Districts Results by Polling Division and All Island Results.
Source:
Election Commission of Sri Lanka
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka: Stepping Back from a Constitutional Crisis. Asia Briefing Nº152.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 October 2018
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, No. 34 of 2005
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; legal system; legislation
Title:
Sri Lanka. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sexual and domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, and services available for victims
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 January 2012
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Keywords:
conflict; domestic violence; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; police/security forces; political organizations; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Ability of single Tamil women to relocate and access housing and employment in Colombo; whether and how they can be traced by the government or paramilitaries (2014-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 April 2015
Accessed Date:
16 March 2016
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; gender-based violence; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Factsheet – UPR 2017 – Sri Lanka, 3rd Cycle Universal Periodic Review. Women's Rights.
Source:
Civil Society Collective in Sri Lanka
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
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 eighth periodic report of Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
9 March 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
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:
Supplemental to the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence and Conflict: Sri Lanka.
Source:
REDRESS; Institute for International Criminal Investigation
Date of Document:
March 2018
Author:
Dr. Isabelle Lassé; Sarah Fulton
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2012
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Sri Lanka. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramon Mendos
Accessed Date:
26 March 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
“All Five Fingers Are Not the Same”: Discrimination on Grounds of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Sri Lanka
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 August 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
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
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Sri Lanka: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on its mission to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 July 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Sri Lanka. 2019 Crime & Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
28 February 2019
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Anti-Corruption Agency Strengthening Initiative: Assessment of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, Sri Lanka, 2016.
Source:
Transparency International Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
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
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on his mission to Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
22 December 2016
Accessed Date:
29 March 2017
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:
Delayed or Denied? Sri Lanka's Failing Transitional Justice Process
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
May 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Locked Up without Evidence: Abuses under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 January 2018
Accessed Date:
22 March 2018
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
“We Live in Constant Fear”: Lack of Accountability for Police Abuse in Sri Lanka
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 October 2015
Accessed Date:
9 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; legal system; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces complaints; torture
Title:
Tainted Peace: Torture in Sri Lanka since May 2009
Source:
Freedom from Torture
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
9 March 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; institutional efficacy; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces complaints; sexual violence; torture
Title:
“Only justice can heal our wounds”: Listening to the Demands of Families of the Disappeared in Sri Lanka
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 May 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Why Can't We Go Home? Military Occupation of Land in Sri Lanka.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 October 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 police reports; prevalence of fraudulent police reports
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 March 2016
Keywords:
crime; legislation; police report; police/security forces
Title:
Unstopped: 2016/17 Torture in Sri Lanka
Source:
International Truth and Justice Project Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its visit to Sri Lanka (4 to 15 December 2017)
Source:
United Nations. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Date of Document:
23 July 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
27 January 2017
Accessed Date:
27 March 2017
Title:
Under the Military's Shadow: Local Communities and Militarization of the Jaffna Peninsula
Source:
Society for Threatened Peoples
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
29 March 2017
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 (2011-2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 January 2013
Accessed Date:
28 February 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; minorities; political opposition; political organizations; state surveillance
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Sri Lanka. Clampdowns and Courage: South Asia Press Freedom Report 2017-2018.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
6 May 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom on the Net 2018.
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Confronting intolerance: Continued violations against religious minorities in Sri Lanka
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
8 December 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Minority religious groups. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of suspected members or supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), including information about how many are in detention; whether the government continues to screen Tamils in an attempt to identify LTTE suspects (2011-...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 February 2015
Accessed Date:
24 February 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; human rights activists; labour; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; rejected asylum seekers; sexual violence; social services; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Surveillance, arrest and detention of Tamil citizens; recourse available to Tamil citizens (August 2011-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 February 2015
Accessed Date:
25 February 2015
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; minorities; police/security forces; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Treatment of non-Tamil supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the government; whether religious minorities are viewed as LTTE supporters, including Muslims and Christians, and their treatment
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 February 2013
Accessed Date:
28 February 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of the press; human rights activists; minorities; political opposition; religion; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Sri Lanka. Minority and Indigenous Trends 2018: Focus on migration and displacement.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
September 2018
Author:
Abdul Halik Azeez
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
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:
3 March 2017
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:
Sri Lanka: (1) Information on Tamils who have returned (voluntarily or forced) to Sri Lanka since August 2014 and who were subjected to detention and/or torture and/or ill-treatment; (4) Any information on recent arrest/detention/ ill-treatment/ torture of Tamils within Sri Lanka, and on what grounds since August 2014
Source:
Asylum Research Consultancy
Date of Document:
11 March 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Forgotten: Sri Lanka's exiled victims
Source:
International Truth and Justice Project
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
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
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Entry and exit procedures at international airports, including security screening and documents required for citizens to enter and leave the country; treatment of returnees upon arrival at international airports, including failed asylum seekers ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2017
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Registration requirements in Colombo for Tamil and Sinhalese citizens who migrate from Jaffna or other regions of the country
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2011
Accessed Date:
6 November 2012
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; identity documents; police/security forces; torture
Title:
Sri Lankan Refugee Returnees in 2015
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
27 March 2018
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
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka: dangers liés au renvoi des personnes d'origine tamoule : Renseignement de l'analyse-pays de l'OSAR
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
16 June 2015
Accessed Date:
9 March 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; institutional efficacy; police/security forces complaints; rejected asylum seekers; state surveillance
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 April 2018:
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627708/cpin_sri_lanka_sexual_orientation_identity_july_2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
14 March 2018
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html
Accessed Date:
21 March 2018
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Sri Lanka
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
24 January 2017
URL:
http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Documents/country-information-report-sri-lanka.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=277293
Accessed Date:
24 April 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom in the World 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2017/sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
22 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
URL:
http://www.genderindex.org/country/sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
19 February 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; conflict; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; labour; legislation; marriage; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Sri Lanka. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017. A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
URL:
http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2017_WEB.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka : La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 September 2016
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1609_lka_la_situation_des_minorites_sexuelles_et_de_genre.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 March 2017
Title:
Sri Lanka: Tier 2. 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271284.htm
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. Country Reports on Terrorism 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2016/272233.htm#SRILANKA
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka & Maldives. 2017 Crime & Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
11 April 2017
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=21645
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. Freedom on the Net 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2017/sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-2017.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
3 May 2017
URL:
http://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single-view/backpid/33/article/new-fronts-brave-voices-press-freedom-in-south-asia-2016-17-report-released/
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=268942
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Sri Lanka. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Michael Caster et al.
URL:
http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Asia-and-Oceania.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
URL:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/countries/sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
22 March 2018
Source:
Survey Department. City of Colombo.
URL:
http://www.survey.gov.lk/surveyweb/Home%20English/images/stories/City%20of%20Colombo_150RES.png
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Title:
Sri Lanka profile - Timeline
Source:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Date of Document:
4 September 2017
URL:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12004081
Accessed Date:
22 March 2018
Title:
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
10 February 2017
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/34/20
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Report of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL)
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 September 2015
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/55ffb1d04.html
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; human rights activists; internal displacement; legal system; minorities; police/security forces; rejected asylum seekers; religion; statistics; torture; witness protection
Title:
List of issues in relation to the fifth periodic report of Sri Lanka. Addendum. Replies of Sri Lanka to the list of issues.
Code:
E/C.12/LKA/Q/5/Add.1
Date of Document:
11 August 2017
URL:
http://www.undocs.org/en/E/C.12/LKA/Q/5/Add.1
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a passport both inside the country and abroad; whether a minor can obtain his or her own passport; description of passport, including appearance and security features
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 February 2014
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455146&pls=1
Accessed Date:
19 February 2015
Keywords:
children; identity documents; labour; marriage; police report
Title:
Parliamentary general elections - 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015. Allocation of seats on Political Parties.
Source:
Sri Lanka. Department of Elections.
URL:
http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2015/CHAP16/16.4.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
March 2016
URL:
http://asiafoundation.org/publication/sri-lanka-strategic-assessment-2016/
Accessed Date:
29 March 2017
Title:
Election Observation Mission. Final Report: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Parliamentary Elections 17 August 2015.
Date of Document:
17 October 2015
URL:
http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/eueom/missions/2015/sri-lanka/pdf/eueom-srilanka-final-report_20151017_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 March 2016
Keywords:
election; freedom of expression; gender equality; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Muslim Women's Issues in Sri Lanka. Shadow Report to United Nations Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Source:
Muslim Personal Law Reforms Action Group
URL:
http://www.musawah.org/sites/default/files/Sri%20Lanka%20-%20MPLRAG%20CEDAW%20Shadow%20Report%20on%20Muslim%20women%27s%20issues%20in%20Sri%20Lanka_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Discrimination of Lesbians, Bisexual Women and Transgender Persons in Sri Lanka. Shadow Report.
Source:
Women and Media Collective
Date of Document:
6 February 2017
URL:
http://womenandmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WMC-LBT-SHADOW-REPORT-FINAL-20-JAN-2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Human Rights Violations Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People In Sri Lanka: A Shadow Report
Date of Document:
August 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CESCR/Shared%20Documents/LKA/INT_CESCR_ICO_LKA_25036_E.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Crisis of the Justice System in Sri Lanka
Source:
Asian Legal Resource Centre
Date of Document:
8 December 2016
URL:
http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/pdf/think-tank-outline/
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Recherche rapide de l'analyse-pays de l'OSAR du 14 octobre 2016 concernant le Sri Lanka: Province du Nord: présence militaire, surveillance, torture, situation des femmes et des proches de personnes disparues.
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
14 October 2016
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/assets/herkunftslaender/asien-pazifik/sri-lanka/161014-lka-nordprovinz-militaer-frauen-verschwundene-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 March 2018
Title:
Working group on arbitrary detention: preliminary findings from its visit to Sri Lanka (4 to 15 December 2017)
Source:
United Nations. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
Date of Document:
15 December 2017
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22541&LangID=E
Accessed Date:
22 March 2018
Title:
Country Report: “Media and Gender in Sri Lanka”. Part of the IFJ Media and Gender in Asia-Pacific Research Project.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
March 2015
URL:
http://www.ifj.org/fileadmin/images/Asia_Pacific/IFJ_AP/reports-etc/Gender_and_Media_in_Sri_Lanka
Accessed Date:
9 March 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; Internet; political activities; sexual violence; state surveillance
Title:
Withering Hopes: Historic window of opportunity for reconciliation will close if Sri Lanka fails to act on accountability and militarization
Source:
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka
Date of Document:
April 2016
URL:
http://pearlaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Withering-Hopes-PEARL.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
The Forever Victims? Tamil Women in Post-War Sri Lanka
Source:
Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. The City College of New York.
Date of Document:
28 August 2015
Author:
Nimmi Gowrinathan; Kate Cronin-Furman
URL:
http://srilankabrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/The-Forever-Victim-Tamil-Women-in-Post-War-Sri-Lanka1.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 March 2017
Title:
Waiting to Return Home: Continued Plight of the IDPs in Post-War Sri Lanka
Source:
Oakland Institute
URL:
https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/waiting-return-home-continued-plight-idps-post-war-sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
29 March 2017
Title:
Time for a new approach: Ending protracted displacement in Sri Lanka
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
1 July 2015
URL:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/2015/time-for-a-new-approach-ending-protracted-displacement-in-sri-lanka
Accessed Date:
9 March 2016
Keywords:
conflict; ethnic and national groups; internal displacement; map; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Postal Zones in Colombo – Sri Lanka
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
27 November 2007
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/1193946.html
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: 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/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/download/Documents/ASA3797152019ENGLISH.PDF
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka: Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
25 January 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/A/HRC/37/23
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
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. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/asia/sri-lanka.html
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Issue of Passports
Source:
Sri Lanka. Department of Immigration and Emigration. Sri Lankan Identity Overseas.
URL:
http://www.immigration.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=142&Itemid=191&lang=en
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions
Source:
Verité Research: Strategic Analysis for Asia
Date of Document:
November 2017
URL:
https://www.veriteresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Mapping_Sri_Lanka_s_Political_Parties_Actors_and_Evolution.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Recognized Political Parties
Source:
Election Commission of Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
17 July 2018
URL:
http://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/pdf/pol_party_list/partylist_E.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Presidential Elections 2015. Districts Results by Polling Division and All Island Results.
Source:
Election Commission of Sri Lanka
URL:
http://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/presidential-elections/PresidentialElections2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Parliamentary Elections 2015. Districts Results by Polling Division and All Island Results.
Source:
Election Commission of Sri Lanka
URL:
http://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka: Stepping Back from a Constitutional Crisis. Asia Briefing Nº152.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
31 October 2018
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/b152-sri-lanka-stepping-back-constitutional-crisis
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Sri Lanka's Conflict-Affected Women: Dealing with the Legacy of War
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 July 2017
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka/289-sri-lankas-conflict-affected-women-dealing-legacy-war
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
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
URL:
http://www.itjpsl.com/assets/ITJP_unsilenced_report-final.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Supplemental to the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence and Conflict: Sri Lanka.
Source:
REDRESS; Institute for International Criminal Investigation
Date of Document:
March 2018
Author:
Dr. Isabelle Lassé; Sarah Fulton
URL:
https://redress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20190315-Sri-Lanka-IP2-Supplement_Online.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 March 2019
Title:
Anti-Corruption Agency Strengthening Initiative: Assessment of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, Sri Lanka, 2016.
Source:
Transparency International Sri Lanka
Date of Document:
October 2017
URL:
http://www.tisrilanka.org/works/anti-corruption-agency-strengthening-initiative-assessment-of-the-commission-to-investigate-allegations-of-bribery-or-corruption-sri-lanka-2016/
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
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:
Why Can't We Go Home? Military Occupation of Land in Sri Lanka.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 October 2018
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:
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its visit to Sri Lanka (4 to 15 December 2017)
Source:
United Nations. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
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/documents/fft_sri_lanka_report_v5_lr.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Sri Lanka: Minority religious groups. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2018
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/695898/Sri_Lanka_-_Religious_Minorities_-_CPIN_-_v1.0__March_2018__pdf.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
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.osar.ch/assets/herkunftslaender/asien-pazifik/sri-lanka/180221-lka-liste-terrorismusverdaechtige-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
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