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'Right to Life':
A fundamental right
The laws that are primarily intended to
protect and assist victims of crimes or violation of fundamental
rights, witnesses to such crimes following the 1985 UN Declaration
on Victims of Crime and Abuse of power. Many countries have enacted
VWAP laws. In South Asia, Sri Lanka has become the first country to
initiate legislation.
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Erasing the stigma of mental illness
Mental illness affects 10 per cent of the
population of any country and this proportion increases to 25 per
cent at times of major traumatic national events, according to Dr
Harischandra Ghambeera, senior consultant at the Mental Hospital
(Teaching), Angoda and President of the Sri Lanka College of
Psychiatry.
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