The Rule of Law in Decline

Study on Prevalence, Determinants and Causes of Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Sri Lanka.

Author: Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, May 2009.

The Phantom Limb: Failing judicial systems, torture and human rights work in Sri Lanka

A Study of Police Torture in Sri Lanka by Morten Koch Andersen and Basil Fernando

December 2009

Appeal Letter

A joint appeal letter by 130 international NGOs to the members of the UN Human Rights Council, May 2009.

Justice in retreat

A report on the independence of the legal profession and the rule of law in Sri Lanka. Many of the problems identified in the previous 2001 IBAHRI Report continue to affect the independence of the legal profession and the rule of law in Sri Lanka and in some respects the situation has deteriorated significantly. Author: IBAHRI, May 2009.

SRI LANKA: UN Experts deeply concerned at suppression of criticism and unabated impunity

A Statement from ten independent UN Experts, February 2009.

SRI LANKA: The letter by six former Ambassadors to the President of Sri Lanka

A statement by the Asian Human Right Commission, January 2009.

Attack on lawyers in Sri Lanka

A YouTube video by the Asian Human Rights Commission.

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