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Former constitutions of Sri Lanka. Under the Soulbury Constitution, which consisted of The Ceylon Independence Act, 1947 and The Ceylon (Constitution and Independence) Orders in Council 1947, Sri Lanka was then known as Ceylon. [ 1] The Soulbury Constitution provided a parliamentary form of Government for Ceylon and for a Judicial Service ...
The 20th Amendment (20A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was passed by the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament with 156 voting in favor, 65 against and four abstained on 22 October 2020. [1] [2] The 20th amendment became a subject of political controversy as political activists, civil societies, international community expressed concerns over its ...
The 19th Amendment (19A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was passed by the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament with 215 voting in favor, one against, one abstained and seven were absent, on 28 April 2015. The amendment envisages the dilution of many powers of Executive Presidency, which had been in force since 1978. [ 1]
17th & 19th Amendment. Precursor. Parliamentary Council. Formation. 2000, 2015. The Constitutional Council (CC) is a 10-member constitutional authority in Sri Lanka tasked with maintaining independent commissions and monitoring its affairs. The Constitutional Council is aimed at depoliticizing the public service.
The push to get rid of the [UN] expert failed 84-77. Sri Lanka along with Kiribati were the only two countries, where homosexuality is still criminalised, who voted against the proposal. [14] The conservative government later announced that the Constitution of Sri Lanka bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. It also updated its human ...
The government of Sri Lanka claimed to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on 7–8 October 2014 that they think sexual minorities should be protected under existing generic anti-discrimination laws provided in the Constitution. [25] The government of Sri Lanka stated that such protections were "'implicit' in the Sri Lankan constitution ...
Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. "Sri Lanka". Leftist Parties of the World. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011 "The List of Political Party/Group in Sri Lanka (1945-2004)". Sri Lanka Statistics.
The Twenty-first Amendment (21A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka [1] was passed by the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament with 179 voting in favor, 1 against and 45 abstained on 21 October 2022. [2] [3] The bill was passed with a two-third majority and it was reported that only one MP Sarath Weerasekara voted against the bill while 45 MPs were ...