Live Breaking News & Updates on Un Convention On Disappearances

Posted on July 23rd, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
UN CONVENTION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES (2018)
Sri Lanka signed the UN International Convention for the
Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances (ICPPED) in December
2015  and in March 2018 passed a Bill to
incorporate its provisions into Sri Lanka law. The Bill was passed, without
amendments, amidst disturbances from the Joint Opposition.
The bill was
withdrawn twice by the government, due to protests from the Maha Sangha and the
Joint Opposition. They observed that that all matters that relate to an
enforced disappearance,   such as abduction,
illegal confinement, murder and the illegal disposal of dead bodies  are adequately covered by the Penal Code and ....

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