Category Archives: Sri Lanka

The United Nations and Sri Lanka: A Human Rights Saga

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Mark Kersten

Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan joins JiC for this guest post on the United Nations, Human Rights, and Sri Lanka. Thamil, LLM. (Maastricht University), PhD (NUI Galway), is the incoming Teaching Associate in IHRL at University of Nottingham. Prior to this lectureship at GCD, he … Continue reading →

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The thousands still missing: Sri Lanka after decades of war and a decade of ‘peace’

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Mark Kersten

B. Aloka Wanigasuriya joins JiC for this post on the ongoing injustice of missing persons in Sri Lanka. Aloka is an Australian lawyer and a PhD scholar at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (Denmark). During Sri Lanka’s civil … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts, Missing Persons, Sri Lanka, Transitional Justice | Tagged | 5 Comments

All but a Pipe Dream? Seeking Justice for Wartime Atrocities in Sri Lanka

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Mark Kersten

B. Aloka Wanigasuriya joins JiC for this post on the chances of Sri Lanka achieving justice and accountability for atrocities committed during the country’s civil war. This piece coincides with the ten-year anniversary of the end of the war. Aloka is … Continue reading →

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Ten Years Later: Seeking Justice for Wartime Atrocities in Sri Lanka

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Mark Kersten

B. Aloka Wanigasuriya joins JiC for this post on ongoing efforts to achieve justice and accountability for atrocities committed during Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war. This piece coincides with the ten-year anniversary of the end of the war. Aloka is … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts, Sri Lanka, Transitional Justice, War crimes | Tagged | 2 Comments

Making Human Rights Violations Visible: The UN Commission of Inquiry on Sri Lanka

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Mark Kersten

Thamil Ananthavinayagan joins JiC for this guest post on the UN Commission of Inquiry of Sri Lanka’s soon-to-be released report and the challenges in achieving justice and accountability. Thamil is PhD researcher at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at … Continue reading →

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Big Changes in Sri Lanka, but Little Hope for Justice?

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Mark Kersten

JiC is thrilled to welcome Kate Cronin-Furman for this guest-post on the potential for justice and accountability in the wake of recent – and significant – political changes in Sri Lanka. Kate is a human rights lawyer and Ph.D. candidate … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, International Law, Justice, Sri Lanka | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

New Opportunities for Justice in Sri Lanka?

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Mark Kersten

Very few people doubt that crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) were committed during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war – especially in the final days of the conflict when military and security forces crushed the remaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Commission of Inquiry, Crimes against humanity, Sri Lanka | 1 Comment

Sri Lanka and the Best Transitional Justice Joke Ever?

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Mark Kersten

The final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war were particularly brutal. It has been repeatedly alleged that both the Sri Lankan government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) committed war crimes. The International Crisis Group (ICG) … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Humour, Sri Lanka, Truth and Reconciliation Commissions | 5 Comments