Contributions

  • Cheesman, Nick. - Contributor
  • Asian Human Rights Commission. - Contributor
  • Asian Legal Resource Centre. - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka

Language

English

Word Count

136,250 words, Guess

Page Count

545 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-109628314440
  • ISBN-139789628314447
  • LibraryThing8548712
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009341883
  • OCLC Control Number315720799
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCKPS2095 .F+

Description

Thousands of persons were interviewed and hundreds of cases were pursued over the course of several years to create this book. It includes magistrates courts, high courts, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court and the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The book observes how the government of Sri Lanka and its agencies acted in the face of the serious complaints raised in these cases. The basis of the book is the detailed records of these cases. Two hundred cases of police torture, mostly from the South, have been summarised. The cases are from the areas under government control and from places far away from ethnic conflict.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Recovering the authority of public institutionsAsian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre2009

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