Sri Lanka
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 16, 1978, amended in December 2001
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- a combination of common law, Roman-Germanic law, Kandyan systems, and Jaffna Tamil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court and Court of Appeal (judges appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
69.1% Buddhists, 7.6% Muslims, 15% Hindus, 8% Christians, 10% unspecified
From the country
JULY 15, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY NUWARA ELIYA HIGH COURT
Five suspects who were found guilty of murdering a security guard were given death sentence by the
JULY 10, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: HRC RECOMMENDS GOVERNMENT TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES
The Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission has recommended the government to commute the death
- JULY 3, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FROM TANGALLE AND KALUTHARA
The Kaluthara and Tangalle High courts passed death penalties on 6 individuals today who were found
JUNE 9, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE ON ROYAL PARK MURDER CASE CONVICT
The death sentence passed by the Appeal Court on Royal Park murder case convict Jude Sharmantha
- APRIL 2, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka - The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of four policemen sentenced to death over the murder of two youths in 2009
Sri Lanka - The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of four policemen sentenced to death over the murder of two youths in 2009
- MARCH 27, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TEN PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
In Sri Lanka, ten persons were sentenced to death by the Kandy High Court after being found
MARCH 15, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER A’PURA MURDER
A person found guilty regarding a murder which had taken place in Shrawasthipura, Anuradhapura in
- MARCH 12, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: LAWYER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF WIFE
The Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction of an attorney-at-law for the murder of his wife and the
MARCH 11, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: NEW HANGMAN GETS DISTRESSED AFTER SEEING GALLOWS AND QUIT
the Commissioner General of Prisons said Sri Lanka's efforts to shorten the waiting time for death row
- FEBRUARY 25, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR FATHER AND TWO SONS IN AKURESSA
The Matara High Court sentenced a father and his two sons of Dediyagala in Akuressa to death.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
the Trincomalee High Court sentenced Thangarajah Sivakantharajah to death for a bomb blast that had
the Trincomalee High Court sentenced Thangarajah Sivakantharajah to death for a bomb blast that had
- FEBRUARY 2, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW MAY BE FREED
A committee has been appointed in Sri Lanka to make recommendations to free prisoners who have been