N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seriously consider the possibility to abolish capital punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take immediate steps towards the abolition of the death penalty in law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the concrete implementation of the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission and the National Strategy as envisaged by the Plan of Action
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the draft bill on witness and victim protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact urgent legislative amendments to the Penal Code to ensure that the rights of women from all religious and ethnic communities are safeguarded
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations of the LLRC, in particular steps to ensure independent and effective investigations into all allegations of serious human rights violations, in the context of Sri Lanka's civil war and its aftermath
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue implementing the recommendations of the LLRC report and the report of the Panel of Expert in accordance with the Human Rights Council Resolution 19/2
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Invite the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure a climate in which all citizens are able to freely express their opinions and beliefs, without fear of reprisal or retribution and invite the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression to visit
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish immediately a publicly accessible central register for all persons missing or in custody
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary steps to fully commit to end impunity for international crimes by acceding to the Rome Statute of the ICC and to fully align its national legislation with all obligations under the Rome Statute
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Impunity
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate and prosecute those responsible for abductions and forced disappearances and increase awareness of the State security services about these offences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make every effort to ensure that those responsible for crimes against children, and in particularly concerning the recruitment of child soldiers, are brought to justice as soon as possible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve detention conditions and respect for judicial guarantees for inmates, fighting against torture and inhuman and degrading treatment in detention centers in line with commitments taken during the May 2008 UPR session
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Torture and other CID treatment
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen judicial independence by ending government interference with the judicial process, protecting members of the judiciary from attacks and restoring a fair, independent and transparent mechanism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct impartial investigations and prosecutions against members of the security forces, regardless of rank, implicated in violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including sexual violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
117.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a national policy on the protection of journalists and human rights defenders to combat intimidation and violence, and to ensure effective investigation of such acts and prosecution of perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
117.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations of the Consultative Task Force on Reconciliation, including to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act and replace it with international best practice legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights and terrorism
- Justice
117.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
117.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act and enforce an immediate moratorium on its use, ensure that the draft Counter-Terrorism Act is compliant with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights and terrorism
117.9.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka's plan to address the forcible recruitment of child soldiers should be publicized
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Comply with the request to visit by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accept an independent international human rights mechanism on the ground as soon as possible.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended an acceptance of independent international monitoring be taken up as recommendations.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat impunity.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Impunity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Re-engage with international human rights monitoring and assistance mechanisms by agreeing to establish an OHCHR field presence, whose mandate would allow unfettered access to monitor, investigate and report human rights violations and promote remedial measures, including criminal investigation, prosecution and capacity-building of domestic human rights mechanisms.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation