UPR 42 – Sri Lanka
Statement by Portugal
Speaking time – 1’05’’
Chair,
Portugal welcomes the delegation of Sri Lanka and wishes it a successful review.
We take note with appreciation that Sri Lanka has acceded to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.
Portugal recommends that Sri Lanka:
- transforms the death penalty moratorium into definitive abolition and ratifies the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR.
- ratifies the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol and addresses refugees’ limited access to personal and civil documentation, as a first step to ensure their human rights to housing and work.
Thank you.
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