COI Report March 2012 - UK Border Agency - Home Office
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SRI LANKA 7 MARCH <strong>2012</strong><br />
21.14 The UN Consideration of reports submitted by states parties under article 44 of the<br />
convention, Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka 408 , dated 1 October 2010 observed<br />
that:<br />
―The Committee expresses serious concern that insufficient efforts have been made by<br />
the State party to investigate the death of hundreds of children during the five last<br />
months of the conflict as a result notably of alleged shelling and aerial bombardments of<br />
civilians, hospitals, schools and humanitarian operations and deliberate deprivation of<br />
food, medical care and humanitarian assistance. The Committee is also concerned that<br />
high levels of malnutrition and poverty undermine the right to survival and development<br />
of many children in the State party, especially in the conflict affected and disadvantaged<br />
areas.‖<br />
21.15 The same source 409 added that ―The Committee, while welcoming the adoption in 2005<br />
of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act No.34, remains seriously concerned about<br />
widespread and growing child abuse and neglect in the State party, including child<br />
sexual abuse in the home and community.‖<br />
21.16 US Department of State‘s Trafficking in Persons <strong>Report</strong> 2011 410 , released 27 June 2011<br />
noted that:<br />
―In 2009, the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) estimated that approximately<br />
1,000 children were subjected to commercial sexual exploitation within Sri Lanka<br />
although some NGOs believed the actual number was between 10,000 and 15,000.<br />
NGOs expressed concern that the recent increase in tourism in the very poor postconflict<br />
areas on the east coast may increase demand for child sex tourism. There are<br />
reports of children being subjected to bonded labor and forced labor in dry-zone farming<br />
areas on plantations, and in the fireworks and fish-drying industries. Some child<br />
domestic workers in Colombo, generally from the Tamil tea-estate sector of the country,<br />
are subjected to physical, sexual, and mental abuse, nonpayment of wages, and<br />
restrictions of their movement. Some women and children were promised garment<br />
industry work by agents and were instead forced into prostitution.‖<br />
―Sri Lanka does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of<br />
trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so.<br />
―The government continued to provide some counseling and day care for abused<br />
children through the operation of six resource centers, although it is not known how<br />
many trafficked children, if any, were assisted in the reporting period.‖<br />
21.17 For additional information please see the website of the National Child Protection<br />
Authority (NCPA).<br />
408 UN Consideration of reports submitted by states parties under article 44 of the convention, Concluding<br />
Observations: Sri Lanka, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/co/CRC-C-LKA-CO-3-4.doc<br />
date accessed 26 May 2011, p7<br />
409 UN Consideration of reports submitted by states parties under article 44 of the convention, Concluding<br />
Observations: Sri Lanka, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/co/CRC-C-LKA-CO-3-4.doc<br />
date accessed 26 May 2011, p12&18<br />
410 US Department of State, Trafficking in Persons <strong>Report</strong> 2011, released on 27 June 2011, Sri Lanka<br />
Section, http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/164233.htm date accessed 29 January <strong>2012</strong><br />
160 The main text of this <strong>COI</strong> <strong>Report</strong> contains the most up to date publicly available information as at 3 February <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Further brief information on recent events and reports has been provided in the Latest News section<br />
to 2 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.