Srilanka, Aug. 28 -- The Government of Sri Lanka has responded to concerns raised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite over the proposed constitutional amendments to increase the retirement age of judges of the superior courts, stressing that the amendments are not intended to prolong the mandates of specific judges or alter the composition of the Judiciary for immediate institutional purposes.



The Government's response was conveyed through the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland, in reply to the official communication recently issued by the Special Proced...