AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO CERTAIN ARTICLES IN THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR) RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN RECOGNITION THROUGH LEGISLATIVE MEASURES AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO. WHEREAS Sri Lanka is a State Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16th December, 1966 and entered into force on 23rd March, 1976: AND WHEREAS Sri Lanka has acceded to the aforesaid Covenant…
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