International Conference on Countering Terrorism (ICCT)

Sri Lanka’s role in Countering Terrorism

Sri Lanka in its great endeavor to counter terrorist activities has adopted several local legislative measures and has become party to several International Resolutions and Regional Conventions.

The following anti terrorist legislations have been enforced by the Government of Sri Lanka:

• Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Financing Act, No. 25 of 2005
• Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, No. 5 of 2006
• Emergency (Prevention and Prohibition of Terrorism and Specified Terrorist Activities) Regulations No.07 of 2006.

Apart from those legislations, Sri Lanka has endorsed the following UN Conventions Against Terrorism:

• UN Resolution 1269 (1999)
• UN Resolution 1368 (2001)
• UN Resolution 1373 (2001)

Sri Lanka is party to International Conventions such as;

• Convention for the suppression of Unlawful Acts against the safety of Civil Aviation (Montréal Convention –I II)
• International Convention for the suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
• International Convention against the taking of hostages
• Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of Maritime Navigation
• International Convention for the suppression of Terrorist Bombing
• Convention on the marking of Plastic Explosives for the purpose of detection
• International Convention for the suppression of the financing of Terrorism

Sri Lanka is party to regional legislative measures such as:

• The SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act (1993) (1987)
• Additional Protocol to the SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism (2004)