Sri Lanka

Important Documents

2 June 2022 | USDOS – US Department of State
Sri Lanka

Annual report on religious freedom (covering 2021)
2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sri Lanka (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2074045
2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), PAHRA - Philippine Alliance for Human Rights Advocates (Author)
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka

Report on gender-based torture (FGM and reproductive violence in Sri Lanka; trafficking and sexual exploitation in the Philippines; torture and victims of conflict-era sexual violence in Nepal; torture of women at the India-Bangladesh border; sexual and gender-based violence against women in the workplace in Cambodia; rape in Bangladesh, including socio-legal issues and barriers to justice; violence against women under Taliban rule in Afghanistan)
Women break the silence; Gender-based torture in Asia (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 2072656
12 April 2022 | USDOS – US Department of State
Sri Lanka

Annual report on human rights in 2021
2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices: Sri Lanka (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2071183
29 March 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka

Report on the human rights situation covering 2021
Amnesty International Report 2021/22; The State of the World's Human Rights; Sri Lanka 2021 (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2070282
28 February 2022 | Freedom House
Sri Lanka

Annual report on political rights and civil liberties in 2021
Freedom in the World 2022 - Sri Lanka (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2074677
7 February 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Sri Lanka

Report on Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) used for arbitrary arrests, coerced confessions and targeting minorities and civil society
“In a Legal Black Hole” Sri Lanka’s Failure to Reform the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Media Report, English)
en ID 2068077
13 January 2022 | HRW – Human Rights Watch
Sri Lanka

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2021
World Report 2022 - Sri Lanka (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2066561
November 2021 | UK Home Office
Sri Lanka

Country information and protection guidelines for British asylum authorities on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (legal context; treatment by state and society; other topics) (supersedes ID 2039481)
Country Policy and Information Note Sri Lanka: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression [Version 5.0] (Expert Opinion or Position, English)
en ID 2064955
12 May 2021 | USDOS – US Department of State
Sri Lanka

Annual report on religious freedom (covering 2020)
2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Sri Lanka (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2051710
7 April 2021 | AI – Amnesty International
Sri Lanka

Report on the human rights situation covering 2020
Amnesty International Report 2020/21; The State of the World's Human Rights; Sri Lanka 2020 (Periodical Report, English)
en ID 2048760

Important Documents

Annual report on religious freedom (covering 2021)

Annual report on human rights in 2021

Report on the human rights situation covering 2021

Annual report on political rights and civil liberties in 2021

Report on Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) used for arbitrary arrests, coerced confessions and targeting minorities and civil society

Annual report on the human rights situation in 2021

Country information and protection guidelines for British asylum authorities on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (legal context; treatment by state and society; other topics) (supersedes ID 2039481)

Annual report on religious freedom (covering 2020)

Report on the human rights situation covering 2020