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Human Rights, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

The Unmet Mental Health Needs of the North

The ramifications of Sri Lanka’s civil war live on in the north, especially in the matter of mental health where the lack of human, physical and financial resources to address complex trauma…

Groundviews Groundviews on 06/12/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Addressing Sri Lanka’s Complex Human Rights Issues

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard made an impassioned plea to the Sri Lankan authorities to meet their national and international obligations and find answers as to what happened to the thousands…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/20/202405/21/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

Shades of an Undead Past

In Sri Lanka of 2024, kanji is a four letter word. During the long Eelam war, all sides committed horrendous atrocities. Sri Lankan forces, the LTTE and anti-Tiger Tamil groups all were…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 05/19/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

The Need to Heal a Fractured Nation

Fifteen years after the end of the civil war, Sri Lankan society remains as polarised as ever. While many international and national NGOs work tirelessly at the ground level to bring different…

Groundviews Groundviews on 05/18/202405/18/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

Still Seeking Accountability 15 Years Later

Failure to hold the powerful accountable for misusing their power and inflicting damage on other people has harmed large numbers of Sri Lankans. This has been pointed out across the country and…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 05/17/202405/17/2024
Batticaloa, Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Religion and faith, Trincomalee

Women’s Attire Stokes Religious Tension in Eastern Sri Lanka

In times of calamity women are affected disproportionately, and Sri Lanka’s ethnic and religious conflicts are no exception to the rule. In the post-war context, Tamil women were left to look for…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 05/08/2024
Human Rights, Jaffna, Mannar, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Muslims Returning to Jaffna Face Many Challenges to Exist

In October 1990 some 75,000 to 100,000 Muslims in the Northern Province, about five percent of the province’s total population, were forcibly expelled from their homeland by the LTTE. In some places,…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/13/202404/13/2024
Gender, Human Rights, Jaffna, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Women in the North Fight Against a Patriarchal Society for Survival

In all conflicts around the world, women are deeply affected. Sri Lanka’s 26 year civil war is no exception. Women in the war torn areas have faced violence, sexual abuse, displacement and…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/06/202404/08/2024
Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

TRC – A Sophisticated Get Out of Jail Free Card?

Sri Lanka has published a bill to establish a Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation. Although the bill superficially appears to tick several boxes for the international community, a close examination reveals…

Yasmin Sooka and Frances Harrison/ITJP Yasmin Sooka and Frances Harrison/ITJP on 01/17/202401/17/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

The Commission For Truth, Unity and Reconciliation: A Damp Squib for Human Rights Archives and Records

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, October 21, 2003 The Bill on the Commission for Truth, Unity and Reconciliation (CTUR) in Sri Lanka was finally issued in the Gazette on January 1, 2024 after months…

Nigel Nugawela Nigel Nugawela on 01/11/202401/11/2024
Human Rights, Human Security, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

2023: A Year of Struggle for Survival

In 2023 Sri Lanka was struggling to come out of the economic meltdown with aid from the IMF, which required many austerity measures that impacted severely much of the population. People had…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/31/202301/01/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Remembering the Dead

As a Catholic, I start November with All Souls Day remembering our departed loved ones; as a Tamil, November ends with remembering the Tamil militants who sacrificed their lives for a Tamil…

Maureen Ernest Maureen Ernest on 11/23/202311/25/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Government Attacked for Lack of Accountability Ahead of HRC Sessions

Lack of accountability by the powerful undermines the rights of numerous Sri Lankans, according to a hard-hitting report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. The situation of…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 09/08/2023
Human Rights, justice, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, War Crimes

If Only the Trees Could Speak Justice Could be Served

Sachithanandam Padmaranjani has been waiting for 14 years to hear news about her husband whom she handed over to the army in May 2009. Padmaranjani, who fled into the army controlled area…

Selvaraja Rajasegar Selvaraja Rajasegar on 09/06/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Sri Lanka’s Commission Addiction

The last few weeks have seen increased media coverage in a relation to a government proposal to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Sri Lanka. At face value, this seems…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 08/05/202308/05/2023

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