Sri Lanka

Population Statistics

22,053,488

Total Population

3,308,023

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

08 February 2016

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (1978, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 12 states:

(1) All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law...

(4) Nothing in this Article shall prevent special provision being made, by law, subordinate legislation or executive action, for the advancement of women, children or disabled persons.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (1978, last amended 2013)