Sri Lanka

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Conflict situation 17
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Criminal justice 8
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Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 24
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 8
Domestic violence 3
EU Qualification Directive 1
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Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 24
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Entry / Exit 4
Ethnic cleansing 1
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Extrajudicial executions 14
Extreme poverty 1
False documents 3
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
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Gender discrimination 8
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Genocide 1
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Hindu 4
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Human Rights Council 14
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Human rights and fundamental freedoms 30
Human rights law 1
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Immigration Detention 1
Impunity 17
Independence of judiciary 10
Indigenous persons 2
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Internal armed conflict 8
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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 43
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 1
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1
International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 1
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
International armed conflict 1
International courts and tribunals 1
International criminal law 2
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 3
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jew 1
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Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 19
Livelihoods 2
Lutheran 1
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Minorities 14
Minority rights 4
Muslim 20
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Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
Persons with disabilities 3
Police 11
Political groups 4
Political parties 13
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Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 16
Proof of nationality 1
Property restitution 1
Prosecution vs persecution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of camps 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 4
Protestant 1
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
Public health 6
Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
Reconciliation 33
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugees 9
Registration 1
Reintegration 3
Rejected asylum-seekers 1
Religious discrimination 10
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 3
Resettlement 3
Return conditions 14
Returnees 13
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 3
Right to employment 3
Right to family life 1
Right to health 6
Right to justice 17
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 2
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to return 1
Right to seek asylum 1
Right to self-determination 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
Salafi 2
Security forces 8
Security situation 16
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 21
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Sinhalese 10
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 3
State of emergency 1
State protection 6
Statelessness 1
Tamil 66
Terrorism 12
Threats / Intimidation 1
Torture 4
Trafficking in persons 8
Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 8
Unaccompanied / Separated children 4
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 14
Veddhas 2
Visas 2
Voluntary repatriation 2
War crimes 5
Witnesses 2
Women's rights 20
Women-at-risk 10
Work permits 1

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National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21 : Sri Lanka 24 August 2017 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Country programme document: Sri Lanka 10 August 2017 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: Country Reports
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Sri Lanka - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 8 August 2017 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
No More "Missing Persons": The Criminalization of Enforced Disappearance in South Asia August 2017 \| Publisher: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) \| Document type: Country Reports
Sri Lanka's Conflict-Affected Women: Dealing with the Legacy of War 28 July 2017 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports
Country Policy and Information Note - Sri Lanka: Journalists, media professionals and human rights activists 11 July 2017 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country Reports
Country Policy and Information Note - Sri Lanka: Sexual orientation and gender identity 11 July 2017 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country Reports
Country Policy and Information Note - Sri Lanka: Tamil separatism 8 June 2017 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country Reports
Alternative report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child - Sri Lanka June 2017 \| Publisher: Child Soldiers International \| Document type: Country Reports
Forced Migration Review No. 55 - Shelter in displacement June 2017 \| Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre \| Document type: Country Reports

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