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Sri Lanka approves National Action Plan for Protection of Human Rights

The New National Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Sri Lanka received sanction by the Cabinet of Ministers. The plan was tabled to the Cabinet by Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Plantation Industries and Special Envoy of the President of Sri Lanka on Human Rights.
The National Action Plan stemmed from the pledge made by the Government at its Universal Periodic Review before UN Human Rights Council in 2008. This action plan was made possible with the contribution of all stake holders concerned including the state and the civil society organizations.
The process of action plan began with a review of the human rights situation in the country, which involved a desk review of several key documents including the Universal Periodic Review report on Sri Lanka, recommendations of treaty bodies under various UN human right conventions and recommendations of Special Procedures Mechanism.
This led to the identification of priority areas of civil and political Right, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Torture, Rights of Children, Labour Rights, Rights of Migrant Workers, Rights of Internally displaced persons in addition to rights already protected through the Constitution of the country.
A key performance indicators and a specific time frame within which each activity should be implemented has been earmarked while a Inter-Ministerial Committee will be entrusted the task of monitoring the implementation of the Action Plan.
Courtesy : Department of Government Information