Judiciary associations call for suspension of SL from the Commonwealth

Three Commonwealth institutions of the legal profession made joint calls upon the Members of the Common wealth, through the upcoming Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to place Sri Lanka on the agenda of its next meeting on 26 April 2013, and suspend it from the Councils of Commonwealth for serious and persistent violations of the Commonwealth fundamental values.

Assembling at the 18th Commonwealth Law Conference, in Cape town, South Africa, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, the Commonwealth Legal Education Association and the Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association, released a resolution on the rule of law and judicial independence in Sri Lanka.

See here for resolution.

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