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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/803",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 14 October 2008 providing for the initiation of an investigation pursuant to Article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 with respect to the effective implementation of certain human rights conventions in Sri Lanka (2008/803/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-803",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "Sole Article",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Commission shall initiate an investigation in order to establish whether the national legislation of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka incorporating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of the Child is effectively implemented.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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