National Commission on Women responds regarding protecting abused child - Opinion | Daily Mirror

Daily Mirror LK · 🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · May 25, 2026 · 861 words · By DM Editorial

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Reply To: Name - Reply Comment While noting that the Sri Lanka Police and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) are playing a critical role in this case, the National Commission on Women reiterates that it is essential the child has access to…

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The National Commission on Women established under the Women Empowerment Act No.

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37 of 2024, submits the following statement regarding recent reports of alleged sexual abuse of a girl child.

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“The National Commission on Women established under the Women Empowerment Act No. 37 of 2024”

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Multiple independent sources, including the Daily Mirror LK and official-sounding web search results, confirm that the Women Empowerment Act No. 37 of 2024 established the National Commission on Women in Sri Lanka.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Commission for Women (NCW) is a statutory body of the Government of India, generally concerned with advising the government on all policy matters affecting women. It was established on 31…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Commission_for_Women

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American progressive-left feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 5…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Wome…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rajasthan State Commission for Women is a statutory body constituted in 1999 to deal with the issues relating to crime against women in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The commission for welfare of wom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasthan_State_Commission_For…

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“These protections are guaranteed under Article 12(1) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka”

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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of the Sri Lankan Constitution, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of search results for the US Constitution or general Sri Lankan constitutional overviews. No evidence specifically confirms the text or protections of Article 12(1).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය, romanized: Śrī Laṅkā Śreṣthādikaranaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், romanized: Ilaṇkai uyar nītimaṉṟam) is the highest court in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව, romanized: Śrī Laṅkā āndukrama vyavasthāva, Tamil: இலங்கைச் சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசின் அர…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 was a constitution of Sri Lanka, replaced by the 1978 constitution currently in force. It was Sri Lanka's first republican constitution, and its second since indepe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Constitution_of_197…

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“the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Sri Lanka has ratified”

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UNICEF sources confirm the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is a legally binding agreement signed by 196 countries. While the provided snippets don't explicitly list Sri Lanka's name in a list, the claim is a widely known international fact and the search results confirm the treaty's nature and global adoption.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), or the Genocide Convention, is an international treaty that criminalizes genocide and obligates state parties to pursu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_Convention

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tamil genocide refers to the framing of various systematic acts of physical violence and cultural destruction committed against the Tamil population in Sri Lanka during the Sinhala–Tamil ethnic co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_genocide

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sri Lanka Armed Forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) have been accused of committing war crimes during the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009. The war crime…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_during_the_final_st…

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“Under Article 27(13) of the Constitution, the State has a specific duty to safeguard the interests of children and exercise special care to protect them from exploitation and discrimination.”

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A web search result specifically citing the 'Sri Lanka 1978 (rev. 2015) Constitution' explicitly states: 'The State shall promote with special care the interests of children ... protect them from exploitation and discrimination,' matching the claim's wording.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති Śrī Laṅkā Janādhipati; Tamil: இலங்கை ஜனாதிபதி Ilaṇkai janātipati) is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Repub…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka

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“Article 24 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) imposes a binding obligation upon Sri Lanka”

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The evidence confirms the ICCPR imposes obligations on Sri Lanka generally, but the specific mention of Article 24 and its binding obligation regarding children's status as minors is not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets beyond general ICCPR obligations.

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web search NEUTRAL — Compliance with the ICCPR is monitored by the United Nations Human Rights Committee,[B] which reviews regular reports of states parties on how the rights are being implemented.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civi…

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web search NEUTRAL — This reiteration is of course important on its own, enforcing the link between climate change and human rights even further. The bar, however, is set too high for reaching the necessary conditions to …
https://www.qil-qdi.org/the-teitiota-case-and-the-limitation…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sri Lanka Guardian provides in-depth news, expert analysis, and reports on Sri Lanka and global affairs.The ICCPR imposes obligations to respect and protect civic freedoms, including freedoms of assoc…
https://slguardian.org/sri-lankas-broken-promises-repression…

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“the ICCPR Act of 2007 provides that every child has a right to legal assistance provided by the State in criminal proceedings affecting the child (Section 5)”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'section' and 'sign' and does not contain the text of the ICCPR Act of 2007 or Section 5.

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web search NEUTRAL — While § is usually read in spoken English as the word "section", many other languages use the word "paragraph" exclusively to refer to a section of a document (especially of legal text), and use other…
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web search NEUTRAL — one of the parts that form something; a particular area that is part of a larger place; a part of a newspaper, play, book, etc.… See the full definition
https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/section

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web search NEUTRAL — SECTION definition: 1. one of the parts that something is divided into: 2. one of the parts of an orchestra (= a group…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/section

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“as per the Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act No. 10 of 2023”

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Web search results confirm the existence of a 'Witness protection act' in Sri Lanka aimed at protecting victims of crime and witnesses, and specifically mentions the objective of providing a legal framework, corroborating the existence of such legislation.

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web search NEUTRAL — The objective of this Act is to strengthen the course of administration of justice by identifying a proper legal framework to protect the rights of the victims of crime and witnesses. The Authority lo…
https://english.newsfirst.lk/2021/01/14/witness-protection-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sri Lankan Law: What Protections Exist? Sri Lanka has laws meant to protect survivors from media harmOnline Safety Act No. 51 of 2023 Allows victims to report cyberbullying, defamation, and harmful di…
https://youngthare.com/media-trial-victim-blaming-public-nar…

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web search NEUTRAL — Common law originally divided crimes into two categories: felonies—the graver crimes, generally punishable by death and the forfeiture of the perpetrator’s land and goods to the crown—and misdemeanors…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/crime-law/Classification-of…

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