The Sri Lankan government will ratify the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances when the parliament endorses it within the next few months, a senior minister said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera addressing a meeting of the collective of the families of missing persons in Akkaraipattu in Ampara district yesterday said the government has signed the UN Convention and it will be presented in parliament within the next two or three months.
Sri Lanka has become a signatory to the convention on December 10, 2015, five years after it entered into force on December 23, 2010, and has not yet ratified the instrument, which is crucial to the fight against impunity and the right of victims to justice and reparations. The Minister has told the families that the era of missing persons will be eradicated forever from the country.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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