This joint report is submitted to the Committee against Torture (“the Committee”) with the intention to provide it with additional information in response to the Committee’s list of issues to be considered during the examination of the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Sri Lanka (“the List of Issues”).This report seeks to identify the systemic problems in legislation and practice in Sri Lanka in response to the critical points highlighted and the questions posed by the Committee in the List of Issues and Conclusions and Recommendations on Sri Lanka’s second (previous) periodic report.