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Legislation
- The Ceylon Citizenship Act 18 of 1948
- Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Amendment Act 48 of 1949
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1979
- Declaration on the Protection of Persons from Enforced Disappearances of 1992
- The Geneva Conventions of 1949
- The Indian and Pakistani Residents (Citizenship) Act of 1949
- The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 1966
- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966
- The Official Language Act 33 of 1956
- The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966
- The Prevention of Terrorism Act 48 of 1979
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 1998 (as amended)
- The Sri Lanka Public Act of 1972
- The Sri Lanka Constitution of 1972