The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) today issued its findings on Sri Lanka, after reviewing it in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as well as positive aspects. Key issues include: Sri Lanka The Committee was concerned about the lack of a comprehensive register of disappeared persons and the limited progress in clarifying their fate and whereabouts, noting that the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) had only traced 23 disappeared persons out of the 16,966 received cases.…
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances publishes findings on Sri Lanka
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