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The ratification of international Human Rights treaties
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Reporting status for Sri Lanka

Ratification, Accession(a), Succession(d), Denunciation(n) Date

Command item
Command item
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CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

03 Jan 1994 (a)

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

05 Dec 2017 (a)

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

11 Jun 1980 (a)

CCPR-OP2-DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty

CED - Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

10 Dec 2015

25 May 2016

CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

17 Jul 1980

05 Oct 1981

CERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

18 Feb 1982 (a)

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

11 Jun 1980 (a)

CMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

11 Mar 1996 (a)

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

26 Jan 1990

12 Jul 1991

CRC-OP-AC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

21 Aug 2000

08 Sep 2000

CRC-OP-SC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography

08 May 2002

22 Sep 2006

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

08 Feb 2016

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Sri Lanka

Treaty

Signature Date

Ratification, Accession(a), Succession(d), Denunciation(n) Date

Acceptance/non acceptance date

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.22 - Individual complaints procedure under the Convention against Torture

16 Aug 2016

CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

03 Oct 1997 (a)

Document type	Symbol/Title	Submitted date	Download	EnglishODS	SpanishODS	ArabicODS	ChineseODS	RussianODS	NameEn	NameSp	Country Code
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/137/D/2406/2014	14 Mar 2023	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_137_D_2406_2014_35326_E.docx		LKA	CCPR/C/137/D/2406/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/133/D/2978/2017	19 Oct 2021	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_133_D_2978_2017_34913_E.docx		LKA	CCPR/C/133/D/2978/2017	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/132/D/2508/2014	02 Jul 2021	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_132_D_2508_2014_33262_E.docx		LKA	CCPR/C/132/D/2508/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/132/D/2508/2014	02 Jul 2021	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_132_D_2508_2014_33330_E.docx		LKA	CCPR/C/132/D/2508/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/88/D/1201/2003	23 Nov 2006	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/88/D/1201/2003	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/87/D/1331/2004	14 Sep 2006	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/87/D/1331/2004	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/87/D/1250/2004	05 Sep 2006	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/87/D/1250/2004	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/85/D/1249/2004	18 Nov 2005	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/85/D/1249/2004	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/83/D/1189/2003	10 May 2005	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/83/D/1189/2003	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/81/D/909/2000	26 Aug 2004	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/81/D/909/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/81/D/1033/2001	23 Aug 2004	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/81/D/1033/2001	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/78/D/1091/2002	10 Sep 2003	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/78/D/1091/2002	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/78/D/950/2000	31 Jul 2003	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/78/D/950/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/75/D/916/2000	26 Jul 2002	View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/75/D/916/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/93/D/1376/2005		View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/93/D/1376/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/91/D/1426/2005		View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/91/D/1426/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/93/D/1436/2005		View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/93/D/1436/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/91/D/1031/2001		View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/91/D/1031/2001	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/98/D/1523/2006		View document	E	S	A	C	R			LKA	CCPR/C/98/D/1523/2006	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/95/D/1406/2005		View document	E	S	A	C				LKA	CCPR/C/95/D/1406/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/93/D/1373/2005		View document	E	S						LKA	CCPR/C/93/D/1373/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/95/D/1432/2005		View document	E	S	A					LKA	CCPR/C/95/D/1432/2005	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/103/D/1862/2009		View document	E	S	A	C	R			LKA	CCPR/C/103/D/1862/2009	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/113/D/2087/2011		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_113_D_2087_2011_23503_E.doc	CCPR_C_113_D_2087_2011_23503_S.doc	LKA	CCPR/C/113/D/2087/2011	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/118/D/2412/2014		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_118_D_2412_2014_25364_E.docx		LKA	CCPR/C/118/D/2412/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/120/D/2256/2013		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_120_D_2256_2013_26116_E.pdf		LKA	CCPR/C/120/D/2256/2013	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/120/D/2209/2012		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_120_D_2209_2012_26254_E.pdf		LKA	CCPR/C/120/D/2209/2012	True

CED, Art.31 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

15 Oct 2002 (a)

CERD, Art.14 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

CESCR-OP - Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CMW, Art.77 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC-OP-IC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD-OP - Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Sri Lanka
* CED inquiry procedure does not require specific acceptance by States parties. It applies from the entry into force of the Convention in the country.

Treaty

Acceptance of inquiry procedure

Acceptance/non acceptance date

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.20 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention against Torture

YES

03 Jan 1994

CED, Art.33 - Inquiry procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW-OP, Art. 8-9 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

YES

15 Oct 2002

CESCR-OP, Art.11 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CRC-OP-IC, Art.13 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD-OP, Art.6-7 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Sri Lanka

Treaty

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure

Acceptance/non acceptance date

Command item
Command item
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CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

YES

25 May 2016

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