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Singarasa v. Attorney-General

Sri Lanka.  15 September 2006 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol — Declaration — Sri Lankan Constitution — Sri Lanka acceding to Covenant — Sri Lanka acceding to Optional Protocol and making Declaration — Legal effect — Dualist theory of international law — Constitution of Sri Lanka — Sovereignty — Legislative, executive and judicial powers deriving from Constitution — Constitution limiting powers — Whether acts of President of Sri Lanka consistent with Constitution — Whether binding Republic qua State — Whether having legal effect within Republic — Whether findings of United Nations Human Rights Committee to be given effect by Supreme Court — The law of Sri Lanka

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 2010

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