Sri Lanka: Online Child Sexual Exploitation Legal Gap Analysis

Sri Lanka: Online Child Sexual Exploitation Legal Gap Analysis
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The study provides a legal gap analysis by examining the legislative and policy framework pertaining to online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) in Sri Lanka. It provides an overview of OCSE globally and in Sri Lanka. (more…)
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Condemned but not Deterred: Torture in Sri Lanka
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'Condemned but not Deterred: Torture in Sri Lanka' is the latest study by Verité Research on the issue of systemic torture and deaths in custody in Sri Lanka. The Briefing Note focuses on four of the latest judgments on torture...
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Impact of COVID-19 Response on Unemployment in Sri Lanka
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Goal number eight of the Sustainable Development Goals is set out as “Decent work and economic growth.” This goal recognizes that economic growth is not just an end, but also a means in itself of generating jobs – productive and...
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Due Process during COVID-19 in Sri Lanka
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On 11 March 2020, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Sri Lanka, the first diagnosis of COVID-19 was reported on 27 January 2020. Indication of the spread of the virus was visible...
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අපේ දරුවන් සහ රටේ නීතිය?
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නීතීඥ සුපුන් ජයවර්ධන රටක නීතිය ප්‍රධාන ගුණාංග දෙකකින් සමන්විත විය යුතු ය. ඒවා නම්: නීතිය යාවත් කාලීන කර අනෙකුත් නීති හා නොගැටෙන පරිදි කෙටුම්පත් කිරීම: සහ එසේ කෙටුම්පත් කරන ලද නීති ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට මනා ලෙස සංවිධානය වූ ආයතන පද්ධතියක් පැවතීමයි....
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CSO Sustainability Index 2019 : Sri Lanka Country Report
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The Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) assesses the sustainability of the CSO sector across several countries in different regions around the world. Since its inception in 1997, it has expanded from covering 18 countries in the Europe and Eurasia...
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inaction and impunity
Inaction and Impunity: Incidents of Religious Violence Targeting Christians, Muslims and Hindus (2015-2019)
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Ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka is a chronic and systemic problem that has continued despite successive changes in government. This study examines the key trends of incidents of violence faced by minority Christian, Muslim and Hindu groups in Sri Lanka...
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Change? Let’s start from the Cabinet
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Taken from - Daily Mirror As Sri Lanka heads for parliamentary elections on August 5, the final stage of electoral campaigns are now coming to an end.  A total of 7452 candidates will contest in the 2020 parliamentary election, with...
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Presidential pardons in Sri Lanka: An Unchecked Executive Power?
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By Ahalya Lelwala On 26 March 2020, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa granted a presidential pardon to former Lance Corporal Sunil Ratnayake, a prisoner on death row for the murder of eight persons in Mirusuvil in 2000. Ratnayake was sentenced to death...
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Preserving an ‘empty marriage’ through the archaic system of divorce
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By Sierra Amarasiri In 2018, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka delivered a landmark judgement on divorce law in Guneshi Mallika Gomes [nee Gunawardena] v. Jammagalage Ravindra Ratnasiri Gomes.[1] It acknowledged that the grounds for divorce under section 19 of...
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