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EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIAIn May, the UN CAT called for a “comprehensive framework for transitional justice”in Northern Ireland. An inter-party group in the Northern Ireland executivewas expected to deliver recommendations on controversial issues by the end ofthe year.In February, the High Court suspended returns of Tamils to Sri Lanka pending areview of an immigration tribunal’s country guidance on Sri Lanka. The newguidance in July acknowledged torture, bribery, and availability of mentalhealth treatment in Sri Lanka as relevant factors, but narrowed the group ofpeople whose asylum claims are likely to succeed.453