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Sri Lanka ratifies CRPD (total ratifications: 162)

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Sri Lanka ratified the Convention on 8 February 2016, bringing the total number of States Parties to the CRPD to 162.

Working towards universal ratification and implementation of the CRPD:

Ratifications/Accessions: 162
Signatories*: 160

Optional Protocol
Ratification/Accessions: 88
Signatories*: 92

(* Signatories include countries or regional integration organizations that have signed the Convention and its Optional Protocol)

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