A United Nations led survey into violence against women across the Asia Pacific region found that substantial numbers of sexual violence cases were met with impunity in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan section of the study which was conducted in Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Batticola and Hambantota, found that 15% of the men surveyed in Sri Lanka had admitted to committing rape.
The study further showed that only 3% of all those who admitted to rape, and only 2.2% consequently jailed. The study therefore concluded that 96.5% of rape cases ended resulted in no legal consequences.
Further statistics revealed earlier this year, showed that a women is raped every 90 minutes in the country, and that only 2% of the perpetrators of sexual abuse had been remanded in Sri Lanka out of 300,000 cases.