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News and analysis on legal issues in Sri Lanka and elsewhere. Curated by the Legal Research Team at @VeriteResearch

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The organisational capacity of CSOs moderately declined in 2020 due to pandemic-related constraints on #CSO capacity and activities.

Although there is an increased shift in internet-based tech, some rural CSOs continued to lack sufficient resources.

https://t.co/AtNssiE0v9

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The legal environment for CSOs experienced significant levels of deterioration 4.6 in 2019 to a score of 4.9 in 2020, which was due to ad hoc regulations around CSO registration & increased state scrutiny/harassment of CSOs.

See #lka’s country report at https://t.co/gfXGAIWWGG

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#lks's CSO sustainability has been in the category 'Sustainability Evolving since 2016. In 2020, it saw a moderate deterioration to 4.8 (from a score of 4.6 in 2019)

The trajectory shows #lka is moving towards the category 'Sustainability Impeded' that begins at a score of 5.1.

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The CSOSI Asia report 2020 contains the assessment of Sri Lanka along with several other countries in Asia.
Of the eight Asian countries that were reviewed in 2020, Sri Lanka was the only country to record declines in every dimension in 2020.

https://t.co/K8Hu9ntrsF

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The Civil Society Organisation Sustainability Index (CSOSI) tracks developments & identifies trends in the CSO sector over time. This allows for cross country & cross region comparison.

See the #CSOSI 2020 Asia report for more https://t.co/K8Hu9nbQ45

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In a #FundamentalRights application filed against the Cabinet decision to release tamed elephants to the previous owners, the #SC emphasized the Attorney General's role as an independent & impartial guardian of public interest.

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For more, see our report on the Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index 2020: #SriLanka Country Report
https://t.co/AtNssiVBmH

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#lks's CSO sustainability has been in the category 'Sustainability Evolving'since 2016. In 2020, it saw a moderate deterioration to 4.8 (from a score of 4.6 in 2019). The trajectory shows #lka is moving towards the category 'Sustainability Impeded', which begins at a score of 5.1

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#lka laws require urgent #reform to curb increasing online #childexploitation and circulation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

New laws must address the use of computer systems and related #tech in exploiting children and prohibit all forms of CSAM.

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Read @VeriteResearch's report 'Sri Lanka: Online Child Sexual Exploitation Legal Gap Analysis'.

This study provides a legal gap analysis on the legislative & policy framework pertaining to online child sexual exploitation in #lka.

https://t.co/vydhU2dLXW

[Groundviews @groundviews]

The Growing Dangers of Online Sexual Exploitation of Children by Groundviews

Read the full article here:
https://t.co/wdu00MEbYn #lka #SriLanka #governance #WorldChildrensDay

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Data from @childlanka indicate an increase in online child exploitation & child sexual abuse material (CSAM)

#SriLanka needs updated laws to combat such exploitation & CSAM

[FactCheck.lk @factchecklka]

2020 primary deficit (PD) was 7.4% not 4.6%. Several govt. reports in 2020 carried an incorrect presentation of the budget deficit (https://t.co/C0imBTaNH4). PD did not have a steady⬆️trajectory either as per the statement. It was close to 0 or a Primary Surplus between 2016-2018

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[FactCheck.lk @factchecklka]

Total govt. tax revenue was 1,216 Bn (2020). 78% of it is collected through indirect (consumption) taxes on the whole of the population. Additionally, 18% is collected from corporates & 4% from all other sources (including individual).

#BudgetCheck2022 #lka

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Sri Lanka is ranked 73 out of 189 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI). HDI is the best known quality of life index, & Sri Lanka is not on par with developed countries that are classified as having “very high human development”.

#BudgetCheck2022 #lka #Budget2022

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Interest on debt, which is an expenditure, was allocated LKR 1,057 Bn (29% of expenditure). The rest of the recurrent & capital expenditure allocated was LKR 1,821 Bn and LKR 729 Bn respectively.

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2020 MoF AR estimated a revenue of LKR 1,961 bn for the full year 2021. The realised revenue in Jan-Jul 2021 is LKR 799.8 bn. If we project the estimated & actual revenue to 10 months (end Oct) the difference between estimated & realised would be LKR 491.6 bn.

#BudgetCheck2022

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The 2021 mid-year fiscal report reports expenditures for Jan-April 2021: recurrent LKR 890,085 Mn, Social welfare LKR 35,840 Mn (just 4% not 20%). Updated figures are not published -- the claimed 20% is unachievable based on available data.

#BudgetCheck2022 #Budget2022 #lka

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MoF AR 2020 shows the capital outlay for SOEs as LKR 670 bn; and government contribution to public institutions as LKR 72 bn more than the revenue collected from them. (LKR 89 bn as contributions and collected LKR 18 bn as revenue from Profits and Dividends)

#Budget2022

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Between 2017 – 2020, Sri Lanka earned between USD 3.9 bn to 5.2 bn on exports of garments and spent between USD 2.3 bn to USD 2.8 bn on the imports of textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, and related products.

#BudgetCheck2022 #Budget2022 #lka