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Search Results for: socio-economic rights

Constitutional Reform, Human Rights, Issues, Politics and Governance

Are socio-economic rights, rights?

Through the ping of a tweet and a quick scan of the media, I’ve been alerted to a polarising constitutional debate in Sri Lanka. The debate is on whether justiciable socio-economic rights…

Amal de Chickera Amal de Chickera on 04/12/201704/12/2017
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Human Rights, Identity, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

Socio-economic rights in a Constitution: Should we trust courts over democracy?

Image courtesy Al Jazeera Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta, an eminent Indian Political scientist shared his insights into incorporating socio-economic rights in the new constitution in Sri Lanka recently. Speaking at a public…

Advocata Advocata on 04/06/2017
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Human Rights Council Updated on Regime’s Abuses

“Sustainable peace and reconciliation will not be achieved in Sri Lanka with regressive laws and authoritarian approaches, which will only serve to perpetuate the human rights concerns of the past,” said Volker…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 03/07/202403/07/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance, Science and Technology

Impact of Internet Intermediaries on Digital Spaces and Human Rights

Since September 2023, the discourses on online safety and digital spaces in Sri Lanka have been dominated by the implications of the proposed Online Safety Bill. The Bill has attracted criticism for…

Piyumani Ranasinghe Piyumani Ranasinghe on 11/13/2023
Anuradhapura, Development, Economy, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Tracing Roots and Winning Rights: the March of the Malaiyaha Tamil Community

Two hundred years ago, the first groups of women and men were brought from southern India by the British colonial rulers to Sri Lanka to work in the hill country plantations. They…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/11/202308/18/2023
Colombo, Gender, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Bodily Harm: Abortion and the Rights of Women in Sri Lanka

The title of this article is taken from a collection of short stories by Margaret Atwood who has attained celebrity cult status recently due to her dystopic novel The Handmaid’s Tale, which…

Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon Lilanka Botejue and Devika Brendon on 06/29/202206/29/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Arrests and Intimidation of Protesters Undermine Human Rights

The arrest of several protestors calling for Sri Lanka’s president and his associates to step down amid the ongoing economic crisis, has drawn attention to the grave human rights situation which persists…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 06/27/2022
Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Transitional Justice

Building An Ethos of Rights

December 10 is Human Rights Day, and marks 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Since inception, has dedicated itself to discussion on issues pertaining to human rights….

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/10/2018
Colombo, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

A FRESH BILL OF RIGHTS: FOREVER A FARCE?

In 2009 , the then Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights  (hence disbanded) ‘sought to remedy’ the many deficiencies that exist  in the current fundamental rights chapter of the 1978 constitution….

Sachin Parathalingam Sachin Parathalingam on 08/08/201308/16/2013
Colombo, Features, Human Rights, International, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, War Crimes

Sri Lanka and the UNHRC: Implications for India and for Human Rights

Image courtesy India Ink blog by New York Times/Rajanish Kakade, Associated Press As the 19th session of the Human Rights Council progresses, the discourse on Sri Lanka with reference to Human Rights…

Amali Wedagedara Amali Wedagedara on 03/19/2012
Colombo, Features, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

National Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Rights and Accountability in Sri Lanka

Good Afternoon; Esteemed and Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen; Dear friends Thank you for inviting me to share with you my thoughts on reconciliation. I will not devote much time here, to…

Lionel Bopage Lionel Bopage on 10/21/2011
Advocacy, Colombo, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

The farcical ‘National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights’ in Sri Lanka

Exactly a year ago today, a week before the Royal-Thomian, the journalist J.S. Tissainayagam went into the TID to enquire after his friends who had been taken in for questioning the previous…

Asanga Welikala Asanga Welikala on 03/08/2009
Colombo, Culture, Development, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Celebrating the Adivasi of Sri Lanka

The Adivasi, historically known as the Veddas, are considered the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. They have lived on the island for millennia, maintaining a distinct ethnic identity and a way of…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/09/2024
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Towards a Political Vision with Social Justice and Pluralism

Statfor The post war Sri Lankan state’s inability to fulfil the demands of global finance capital has devastated the lives of millions of Sri Lankans. This is a country where we see…

Sunil Bastian Sunil Bastian on 08/15/202208/15/2022
Colombo, Gender, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Facing the Ongoing Trauma of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Almost every conflict  around the world from Bosnia to Syria, Myanmar, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka, involves Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV). It refers to rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced abortion,…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/19/2021

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