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Update UNHCR/CDR Background Paper on Sri Lanka NATIONS UNIES UNITED NATIONS HAUT COMMISSARIAT HIGH COMMISSIONER POUR LES REFUGIES FOR REFUGEES BACKGROUND PAPER ON REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM Sri Lanka UNHCR CENTRE FOR DOCUMENTATION AND RESEARCH GENEVA, JUNE 2001 THIS INFORMATION PAPER WAS PREPARED IN THE COUNTRY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS UNIT OF UNHCR’S CENTRE FOR DOCUMENTATION AND RESEARCH ON THE BASIS OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, ANALYSIS AND COMMENT, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNHCR STATISTICAL UNIT. ALL SOURCES ARE CITED. THIS PAPER IS NOT, AND DOES NOT, PURPORT TO BE, FULLY EXHAUSTIVE WITH REGARD TO CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY SURVEYED, OR CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE MERITS OF ANY PARTICULAR CLAIM TO REFUGEE STATUS OR ASYLUM. ISSN 1020-8410 Table of Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS.............................................................................................................................. 3 1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................... 4 2 MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SRI LANKA SINCE MARCH 1999................ 7 3 LEGAL CONTEXT...................................................................................................................... 17 3.1 International Legal Context ................................................................................................. 17 3.2 National Legal Context........................................................................................................ 19 4 REVIEW OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION................................................................ 20 4.1 General Respect for Human Rights...................................................................................... 20 4.2 Right to Life, Personal Security and Physical Integrity ....................................................... 21 4.3 Torture and Other Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment ............................. 24 4.4 Right to Fair Trial ................................................................................................................ 25 4.5 Right to Freedom of Religion .............................................................................................. 26 4.6 Right to Freedom of Expression .......................................................................................... 27 4.7 Right to Freedom of Movement........................................................................................... 28 4.8 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ................................................................................. 30 5 VULNERABLE GROUPS ........................................................................................................... 31 5.1 Ethnic Minorities ................................................................................................................. 31 5.2 Internally Displaced Persons................................................................................................ 32 5.3 Religious Minorities............................................................................................................. 33 5.4 Women................................................................................................................................. 34 5.5 Children ............................................................................................................................... 35 5.6 Journalists ............................................................................................................................ 36 6 UNHCR OPERATIONS............................................................................................................... 37 6.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 37 6.2 Working Environment ......................................................................................................... 37 6.3 Strategy................................................................................................................................ 38 7 A STATISTICAL OVERVIEW OF SRI LANKAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND REFUGEES ................................................................................................................................... 39 7.1 Submission of Asylum Applications.................................................................................... 39 7.2 Determination of Refugee Status ......................................................................................... 39 7.3 Asylum in the Region and Durable Solutions...................................................................... 40 8 BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................... 46 General Information........................................................................................................................ 46 UNHCR Documents........................................................................................................................ 47 United Nations Documents ............................................................................................................. 47 Governmental and International Resources..................................................................................... 48 Non-Governmental Resources ........................................................................................................ 48 News Articles.................................................................................................................................. 49 Selected Websites............................................................................................................................ 49 ANNEX: SRI LANKA – AREAS OF MAIN DISPLACEMENT, MAY 2000 .................................... 50 2 List of Acronyms AFP Agence France Presse CAT Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CDR Centre for Documentation and Research (UNHCR) CERD International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child EU European Union EIU Economist Intelligence Unit HRC Human Rights Commission HRW Human Rights Watch ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ICRC International Committee for the Red Cross IDPs Internally displaced persons LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam NGO Non-governmental organization PA People’s Alliance PLOTE People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party UKIND United Kingdom Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Directorate UN United Nations UNHCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNP United National Party USDOS United States Department of State WGAD United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention WGEID United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. 3 1 Introduction1 Geography, Population, Religion and Language The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, lies in the Indian Ocean, south of India. It consists of one large island and several surrounding smaller islands. The country covers an area of 65,525 square kilometres.2 Sri Lanka is surrounded by water on all sides and its closest neighbour is India to its North.3 It gained independence from British rule on 4 February 1948.4 The capital, Colombo, is located in the western coast of the country. Colombo is the largest city in Sri Lanka with an estimated population of 2.2 million inhabitants. The other major cities in Sri Lanka are Gampaha, Kurunegala, Kandy, Galle and Ratnapura. The latest estimates (July 1999 estimate) show that Sri Lanka has a population of 19,144,875.5 The population can be divided into the majority Sinhalese (74 per cent), Tamils (18 per cent), Muslims (eight per cent) and Burghers, the descendants of colonialists (one per cent).6 The majority 69 per cent of the population are Buddhist, 16 per cent are Hindu, eight per cent are Christians and seven per cent are Muslim.7 In 1956, the government made Sinhala the only official language of Sri Lanka precipitating antagonism between the Tamils and the Sinhalese. Colonial-era language policies favouring Tamils and other minorities over the Sinhala-speaking majority contributed to communal tensions that continued after independence.8 Sri Lanka now recognizes both Sinhala and Tamil as official languages, and English is the national link language.9 Sinhala is spoken by more than 70 per cent of the population. Tamil was made the country’s second official language in 1988.10 Some three millions people in Sri Lanka speak Tamil.11 Institutions of the State and Government The President is the Head of State and exercises all executive powers. Under the 1978 Constitution, the President is elected by popular vote for a six-year term and must receive at least 50 per cent of all votes cast. The President is eligible for re-election after 1 This UNHCR/CDR Background Paper on Sri Lanka is an update of previous background papers from November 1994, March 1997 and March 1999. It covers the period of March 1999 until June 2001. 2 Regional Surveys of the World, The Far East and Australasia 2001, Europa Publications, 2001, p. 1201. 3 See the Annex to this Background Paper for a map of
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