The Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL) congratulates the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) on their 30th and[....]
At the discussion, the FDD urged Sri Lanka to become party to and ratify the Total Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), Arms Trade Treaty (ATT); as well as create a local regulation to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It was also highlighted that Sri Lanka needs to re-engage with the UN Programe of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (UN PoA). Continued support from the Government on prohibition of autonomous weapons and submitting relevant documents on the CCM to the CCM Secretariat was also encouraged.
The FDD also handed over a copy of a 2008 report published by the National Commission Against Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms (NCAPISA) to the Ministry and stressed the importance of re-establishment of the NCAPISA which was dismantled since 2009.
Click the link below to access the key discussion points with the Ministry today.
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Today, the Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) participated in a meeting organized by the Ministry of Justice on finalizing the Draft Bill on Disability Rights. Sri Lanka signed[....]
Another meeting on linking the railway line to Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) was held at the Sri Lanka Railway Department Headquarters today. The Chairman and Officers[....]
Today, Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) participated in another meeting organized by the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Pvt) Ltd—on linking the railway line[....]
Today, the Sri Lanka Railway Department conducted a meeting on linking the Railway to the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake at the Railway Department Headquarters[....]
The youth campaigners of the Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL) had the opportunity to participate in the Mine Action Fellows Forum organized by the Mines Action[....]
The Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL) met with its youth wing today, and greeted three youth campaigners (Nimaya Dahanayake, Sinthuya Thurairaya and Adithya Ramanitharan)[....]
The Sri Lanka National Mine Action Strategy Stakeholder Workshop (for drafting 2023-2027 strategy) organized by the National Mine Action Centre (NMAC) in collaboration with[....]
In light of the rise in incidents of gun violence across Sri Lanka, the FDD encourages Sri Lanka to become a party to the Arms Trade Treaty, and re-engage with the UN Programme of[....]
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Vidya Abhayagunawardena, Coordinator for the Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) delivered two guest lectures on 'War Prevention Role of Science and Technology' and the 'Impact[....]
The Sri Lankan Parliament recently passed an Act implementing the prohibition of anti-personnel mines. The Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines Act No. 3 of 2022, seeks to prohibit the use, stockpiling, production, transfer of anti-personnel mines. The text of the Act in English, Sinhala and Tamil[....]
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