COLOMBO, June 15 -- A delegation from the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), that arrived on an official visit to Sri Lanka on Monday (15), is expected to conduct a field inspection of Welikada Prison within the next two days as part of its assessment of the country's safeguards against torture and ill-treatment, informed sources said.

The delegation, led by SPT Chair Aisha Shujune Muhammad (Maldives), is on a 10-day mission aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the country's national preventive mechanism (NPM) and reviewing progress made since the Subcommittee's last visit in 2019. The team also includes SPT members Jakub Julian Czepek (Poland), Nika Kvaratskhelia (Georgia), and Anica Tomsic (Croatia).

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