SRI LANKA PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO UNCAT

Image: UNCAT session on Sri Lanka, 15 Nov 2016.
Written Additional Information submitted by the Government of Sri Lankaonthe 5th Periodic Report to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT).
Definition on Torture
On the specific reference that the Act No. 22 of 1994 does not contain the word “suffering”, it may be noted that, the words “severe pain, whether physical or mental”, invariably encompasses “suffering”, both in its physical and mental form.