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2nd UPR session
Date of review: 13 May 2008
Date of report adoption: 5 June 2008
Document number: A/HRC/8/46
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SUMMARY SOGIESC issues during Sri Lanka’s 1st UPR review |
I. SOGIESC issues/recommendations identified by NGOs
Equality and non discrimination
12. Equal Ground (EG) highlighted some of the major challenges that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) community of Sri Lanka is currently facing in relation to their human rights, such as state sanctioned hate speech on the basis of sexual orientation, use of the legal system to harass human rights defenders working for LGBTIQ rights, impunity for crimes committed against LGBTIQ people, violence, death threats and extrajudicial killings based on sexual orientation, marginalization and wide-spread persecution of LGBTIQ individuals. JCSR added that LGBTIQ individuals are denied access to health services, education and employment and the ability to participate in social and public life.
Right to privacy, marriage and family life
27. JCSR reported that consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex remains a crime under Article 365 and 365A of the 1883 Penal Code. ILGA and Equality Ground (EG) raised similar concerns.
II. Excerpts on SOGIESC issues from the national report
No references.
III. Excerpts on SOGIESC issues by UN agencies
No references.
IV. References to SOGIESC issues during the Working Group review
No references.
V. Conclusions and/or recommendations
Sri Lanka did not receive any recommendations on SOGIESC issues.
VI. Further information
You will find all documents relating to Sri Lanka’s first review at UPR-Info and OHCHR’s websites.