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LankaWeb – ERASING THE EELAM VICTORY Part 20 C12


Posted on July 24th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE (2017)
Sri Lanka ratified the UN Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) Convention in
January 1994 and incorporated the Convention into Sri Lankan law by enacting
the ‘Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment Act, No. 22 of 1994’, more commonly referred to as the
‘Convention against Torture Act’ (CAT ACT). 
In the UN Convention against Torture, the act of torture is a
separate criminal office.  The Convention
restricts its application only to police and armed forces and other forces of
the state. Others like LTTE are exempt from the provisions of this Act. Which means ....

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