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9. The scope of this report is to examine the practice of torture in Sri Lanka as well as the country's justice system, which allows the practice to continue. Any justice system is comprised of state institutions, which are also responsible for implementing the provisions of the CAT. The report thus focuses on the policing, prosecution and judicial systems of Sri Lanka.
10. The cases included in this report are only a fraction of the reported cases of torture during last 5 years. Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 includes number of reported cases of torture in Sri Lanka during the few years prior to 2004. Almost all of the cases referred to in the body of the report are recent reports occurred in 2004 and 2005. Most of these cases have been taken up by the UN Special Procedures and especially by the Special Rapporteur on Torture. Special Rapporteur on Torture has issued urgent appeals in many cases by himself and sometimes jointly with other special rapporteurs. Special Rapporteur on Torture has also cited most of these cases in his reports to the CHR during last few years. Therefore, cases included in this report are factually correct and comes through credible sources of the AHRC. It should be taken into account that there are hundreds if not thousands of unreported cases of torture in Sri Lanka mainly by the police in almost all parts of the country. The cases cited are a representation of the serious crisis faced by the law enforcement officers in terms of endemic torture.
Posted on 2005-10-21
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