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Author: The Social Architects

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Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Whose democracy is it anyway?

While domestic and international observers have been praising the peaceful transfer of power in early January, Sri Lanka’s civil conflict continues and Tamil rights remain in question. TSA has obtained a series…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 03/01/2015
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Presidential Election 2015

Bringing the Debate Back Home

Image via Maithripala.com We extend our sincere congratulations to President Maithripala Sirisena. After a decade of the Rajapaksas, Sri Lankans have decided to make a change. And we’re happy that, in spite…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 01/15/2015
Features, Gender, Healthcare, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Vavuniya

A Call for Accountability: Death of a Young Woman in Kilinochchi

On November 28, 2013 a pregnant mother from Malaiyalapuram North[1] (Malaiyalapuram) in Kilinochchi District died at Jaffna Teaching Hospital. She was 17 and 2/7 weeks pregnant at the time of her death.…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 11/30/2013
Gender, Healthcare, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Above the Law: Violations of Women’s Reproductive Rights in Northern Sri Lanka

Image courtesy The Social Architects This report, TSA’s fourth, outlines the findings of the organization’s September 2013 field mission on coercive contraception clinics in Kilinochchi District. In early September of this year,…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 10/11/201310/12/2013
Features, Gender, Healthcare, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict

Coercive Population Control in Kilinochchi

Photo courtesy The Social Architects [Editors note: Please read by The Social Architects, which expands on this initial report and address the points made in the comments as well as in other…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 09/13/201310/11/2013
Features, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Spot Fixing Sri Lanka Style: Revisiting the Enumeration of Vital Events

Image courtesy Thuppahi blog In November 2011, Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, said that discovering how many civilians “died or went missing during the last few months of the conflict” would…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 05/28/201305/29/2013
Features, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

The Numbers Never Lie: A Comprehensive Assessment of Sri Lanka’s LLRC Progress

Download the report in full here, or view in inline here. ### Introduction Nearly four years since the end of the country’s civil war, Sri Lanka remains a divided, post-war society, as…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 03/14/201303/14/2013
Colombo, Features, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

The Numbers Never Lie: A Quick Look at Sri Lanka’s LLRC Progress

The administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the ethnic war, but Sri Lanka’s protracted conflict is more alive than ever. There is a lot of talk about how the situation in the…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 02/24/201302/24/2013
Advocacy, Colombo, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Giving reconciliation in Sri Lanka a better chance: A Shadow Action Plan for the LLRC

Image courtesy Centre for Human Rights The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Final Report contains many positive recommendations which merit immediate attention. Unfortunately, the present administration has given virtually no indication…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 12/23/2012
Features, Human Security, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Trincomalee

Troubled Waters: Corruption and Human Trafficking in Post-war Sri Lanka

Photo courtesy Herald Sun Australia has recently been dealing with an upsurge of asylum seekers who have traveled by boat from elsewhere in Asia. The notes that, “While most boats originate in…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 07/19/201207/19/2012
Human Rights, Human Security, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity: Part Two

[Editors note: Read Part 1 of this series  here] As mentioned by TSA,[1]the government has prepared a lengthy, heading-less, and inappropriate questionnaire[2] (in poorly written and, at times, incoherent Tamil) which has…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 06/24/2012
Features, Human Rights, Human Security, Identity, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Post-War

Post-war Sri Lanka’s Thought Police: The Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants and the Denigration of Tamil Identity

Image courtesy [Editors note: Read Part 2 of this series here, with PDFs of parts A-C of the questionnaire] The defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May of…

The Social Architects The Social Architects on 06/16/201206/24/2012

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