COMMUNICATION SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION
UNDER
THE FIRST OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE
INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL
RIGHTS
THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON
HUMAN RIGHTS
C/O OHCHR – UNOG
1211 GENEVA 10, SWITZERLAND.
Date: On this 25th day of March
2013
I.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AUTHOR OF THE
COMMUNICATION
1.1. The
Author of this communication is T. R.
Ratnasiri, 54 years of age, a citizen of Sri Lanka
and a Deputy Superintendent of Customs of the Department of Sri Lanka Customs.
1.2. The
AUTHOR IS REPRESENTED BY Nagananda
Kodituwakku, Attorney-at-Law (Sri Lanka) & Solicitor (UK). A Power of
Attorney nominating him as the Counsel
for the Author is annexed hereto marked ‘X’.
1.3. The all
communications pertaining to the instant application may be directed to the
address of N
Kodituwakku & Co, No.99, Subadrarama
Road, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
II. STATE CONCERNED
The State Party to the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights (‘the Covenant’ or ‘ICCPR’) and the First
Optional Protocol against which the communication is directed is the Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.[1]
III. ALLEGED BREACHES OF THE ICCPR
a)
the Author’s and
his Informant’s right to equality and
equal protection of law and their
right to a fair trial by a competent,
independent and impartial tribunal established by law, guaranteed under Article 14(1) and the Article 26 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
