Srilanka, Feb. 14 -- Social activist groups lobbying for LGBTIQ rights yesterday urged the new government to make necessary legal reforms to decriminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adult women in Sri Lanka, as stated by the NPP policies to improve welfare of the LGBTIQ community.

In 2022, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) stated that the criminalization of same-sex relationships between consenting adult Sri Lankan women violated the CEDAW treaty. The Government of Sri Lanka was urged to make the necessary legal reforms.

Independent lobby group for LGBTIQ community Equal Ground issuing a statement said...