Sri Lanka

• Case Law 6

• 1951 Refugee Convention 2
• Abduction 2
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 2
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
• Changes of circumstances in home country 1
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
• Credibility assessment 1
• Effective protection 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1
• Hindu 1
• Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
• Muslim 1
• Non-state agents of persecution 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 2
• State protection 1
• Tamil 2
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Well-founded fear of persecution 2

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• Amnesty International - Sri Lanka
• Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
• Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Sri Lanka
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Sri Lanka
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Sri Lanka
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Sri Lanka
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Sri Lanka
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Sri Lanka
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Sri Lanka
• National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (NPC)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Sri Lanka
• Peace and Conflict Timeline (PACT)
• ReliefWeb - Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence: Media Centre for National Security (MCNS)
• UNHCR - Sri Lanka
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Sri Lanka
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Sri Lanka
• United States Department of State - Sri Lanka
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Sri Lanka
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Sri Lanka