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Sri Lanka

DATE OF REVIEW:
13 May 2008 - 14.30 p.m. to 17.30 p.m.

Membership of the Human Rights Council:
2006 - 2008

Full name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Population: 20,926,315

Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Geneva:
Rue de Moillebeau 56 (5th Floor)
1211 Geneva 19
Tel: +41 22 919 12 50
Fax: +41 22 734 90 84
Email: mission.srilanka ties.itu.int
Website: http://www.lankamission.org

Head of delegation:
His Excellency Mr. Dayan Jayatilleka
Ambassador
Permanent Representative

Government type: Republic
Head of State: President Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (from 2005)

National Human Rights mechanisms:
- The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka

Pledges and commitments: Sri Lanka’s voluntary pledges and commitments for the election to the Human Rights Council (submitted April 10th 2006).

Sri Lanka’s position on main resolutions and decisions at the HRC:

In favour: A/HRC/RES/1/2, A/HRC/DEC/1/106, A/HRC/DEC/1/107, A/HRC/RES/S-1/1, A/HRC/RES/S-2/1, A/HRC/RES/S-3/1, A/HRC/RES/2/3, A/HRC/RES/2/4, A/HRC/DEC/2/109, A/HRC/DEC/2/115, A/HRC/RES/3/1, A/HRC/DEC/3/103, A/HRC/RES/4/5, A/HRC/RES/4/9, A/HRC/DEC/4/103, A/HRC/RES/6/3, A/HRC/RES/6/7, A/HRC/RES/6/19, A/HRC/RES/6/22, A/HRC/RES/S-6/1, A/HRC/RES/7/1, A/HRC/RES/7/4, A/HRC/RES/7/5, A/HRC/RES/7/18, A/HRC/RES/7/19, A/HRC/RES/7/30, A/HRC/RES/7/33, A/HRC/RES/7/36, A/HRC/RES/8/5, A/HRC/RES/8/9

Against: A/HRC/2/L.48 (rejected)

Abstained: A/HRC/RES/6/37, A/HRC/RES/7/11, A/HRC/RES/7/15

No vote:

For the full list of resolutions and decisions taken by the HRC, see here.

International Labour Organisation Conventions

ConventionRatification DateStatus
C29 Forced Labour Convention, 1930 05.04.1950 Ratified
C87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 15.09.1995 Ratified
C98 Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 13.12.1972 Ratified
C100 Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 01.04.1993 Ratified
C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 07.01.2003Ratified
C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 27.11.1998Ratified
C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973 11.02.2000 Ratified
C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 NO ACTION
C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 01.03.2001 Ratified

Source: www.ilo.org

International Human Rights treaties

TreatyDate of SignatureDate of ratificationDate of accession
1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 12.10.1950
2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 18.02.1982
2.a. Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1992NO ACTION
3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 11.06.1980
4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 11.06.1980
5. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 03.10.1997
6. Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity, 1968 NO ACTION
7. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 18.02.1982
8. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 17.07.1980 05.10.1981
8.a. Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1995 NO ACTION
8.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1999 15.10.2002
9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 03.01.1994
9.a. Amendments to articles 17 (7) and 18 (5) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1992 NO ACTION
9.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2002 NO ACTION
10. International Convention against Apartheid in Sports, 1985 NO ACTION
11. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 26.01.1990 12.07.1991
11.a. Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1995 29.02.2000 (acceptance)
11.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000 21.08.2000 08.09.2000
11.c. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000 08.05.2002 22.09.2006
12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989 NO ACTION
13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 1990 11.03.1996
14. Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1992 NO ACTION
15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 30.03.2007
15.a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 NO ACTION
16. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 2006 NO ACTION

Reservations, Declarations and Objections

Reservations and Declarations:

5. Declaration:
"The Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka pursuant to article (1) of the Optional Protocol recognises the competence of the Human Rights Committee to receive and consider communications from individuals subject to the jurisdiction of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, who claim to be victims of a violation of any of the rights set forth in the Covenant which results either from acts, omissions, developments or events occurring after the date on which the Protocol entered into force for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka or from a decision relating to acts, omissions, developments or events after that date. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka also proceeds on the understanding that the Committee shall not consider any communication from individuals unless it has ascertained that the same matter is not being examined or has not been examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement."

11.b. Declaration:
"The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka [...] declares in accordance with article 3 (2) of [the Protocol] that under the laws of Sri Lanka:
(a) there is no compulsory, forced or coerced recruitment into the national armed forces;
(b) recruitment is solely on a voluntary basis;
(c) the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into national armed forces is 18 years." 13. Declarations:
Article 8 (2):
"The right of non-Sri Lankans to enter and remain in Sri Lanka shall be subject to existing visa regulations. Article 49:
Resident visas to expatriate workers are allowed in respect of identified professions where there is a dearth of qualified personnel. Existing visa regulations do not permit migrant workers either to change their professions or the institutions in which they have been authorised to work, which is the basis on which the visa is issued.
Article 54:
Protection against dismissal, quantum of remuneration, period of employment, etc., are governed by the terms of individual contracts entered into between the worker and the organisation which employs him. A visa issued to an expatriate worker under the visa regulations is limited to a pre-identified job assignment."

Objections:

1. 6 February 1951
"The Government of Ceylon does not accept the reservations made by Romania to the Convention."

Sources: www.ohchr.org






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