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We have updated the explainer to include a new section on Sri Lanka’s draft NGO (Registration and Supervision) law. The addition explains critical parts of the draft law and demonstrates how several provisions that bestow broad, punitive powers on state officials, particularly the police, contravene FATF’s standards.

Sri Lanka Civil Society FATF Network submitted a shadow report to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), for Sri Lanka’s Mutual Evaluation taking place this year. The report examines how Sri Lanka is invoking FATF requirements to justify expanding restrictions on non-profit organisations (NPOs).

FATF is the global body that sets standards for policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT). Failing to comply with FATF standards can have negative consequences for a country, such as being grey listed, which will adversely impact its economy.

This publication is a compilation of five research studies, conducted as part of NTT’s Macroeconomic Policy and Socioeconomic Rights Fellowship. They examine the human rights impacts of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis and recent macro economic policy changes. The reports explore regional inequalities in growth, governance and accountability gaps, labour rights in export industries, the gendered effects of tax reforms, and the impact of trade liberalisation on informal livelihoods, and offer critical insights into how economic decisions shape the lives of ordinary people.