Sri Lanka

• Abduction 2
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 2
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Child labour 1
• Child prostitution 1
• Child soldiers 1
• Children-at-risk 2
• Conflict situation 2
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 2
• Exclusion clauses 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2
• Freedom of expression 3
• Freedom of movement 2
• Freedom of speech 1
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Human rights activists 2
• Internal armed conflict 1
• Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 2
• International protection 2
• Minorities 1
• Muslim 2
• Non-state agents of persecution 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 2
• Persecution of family members 1
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
• Persons not in need of international protection 1
• Political situation 2
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 2
• Reconciliation 1
• Refugees 1
• Return conditions 1
• SGBV 3
• Security situation 2
• Sinhalese 3
• Social group persecution 2
• Spontaneous return 1
• State of emergency 2
• Tamil 4
• Trafficking in persons 1
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• Women-at-risk 4

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• AlertNet - Sri Lanka
• Amnesty International - Sri Lanka
• Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
• Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Sri Lanka
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Sri Lanka
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Sri Lanka
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Sri Lanka
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Sri Lanka
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Sri Lanka
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Sri Lanka
• National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (NPC)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Sri Lanka
• Peace and Conflict Timeline (PACT)
• ReliefWeb - Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence: Media Centre for National Security (MCNS)
• UNHCR - Sri Lanka
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Sri Lanka
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Sri Lanka
• United States Department of State - Sri Lanka
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Sri Lanka
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Sri Lanka