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LKA-1996-L-47404
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Act (No. 21 of 1996).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Sri Lanka
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
1996-08-21
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Establishes a Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka with the function of investigating human rights abuses and making recommendations to the Government to ensure the implementation of international treaties in the field of human rights. S. 28 requires that the Commission be notified of any arrest or detention of a person under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act (No. 48 of 1979) or the regulations under the Public Security Ordinance. The Commission may authorise a person to enter any place of detention to make inquiries.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislaton on website
Author
Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
Publisher
http://hrcsl.lk
URL
http://hrcsl.lk/english/
File
LKA47404.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Government Gazette, Supplement
Page range
18 p.