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Reconciliation

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Colombo, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Building Bridges with Stories

Unsalted Porridge “Where do you suppose they must be serving porridge today?” Most of their mornings dawn with this question. Waking early, standing in line, pot in hand – that steaming hot…

Anojitha Sivaskaran Anojitha Sivaskaran on 05/17/202205/17/2022
Human Rights, Jaffna, justice, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Who Will Punish the Perpetrators?

The images are stark and compelling. The STF men are stoic and menacing. They stand unmoving, machine guns clasped tightly to their chests, their faces obscured by motorcycle helmets. The women are…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 03/24/202203/24/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Human Rights – Reconciliation or Defiance?

Protection and justice for the people of Sri Lanka will be discussed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at its 49th session from February 28 to April 1. In the…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 02/12/202202/12/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Twelve Cries From Home: Searing Accounts from Families of the Disappeared

“Sri Lanka has the world’s second-highest number of cases registered with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Since the 1980s, an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 people from all…

Groundviews Groundviews on 02/01/202202/03/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Disabilities, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Reconciliation

Atrocities of the Civil War Through the Eyes of Artists

A common theme running through this year’s Colomboscope, entitled Language is Migrant, is the enduring consequences of Sri Lanka’s civil war as seen through the eyes of several young artists based in…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/28/202201/28/2022
Development, Economy, Human Rights, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Poverty, Reconciliation

Water Pumps and Chickens: Rhetoric vs Reality in the North

December 19, 2021. Jaffna town. 6 am. Three motorcycles parked one behind the other at an angle with headlights on. Two armed military personnel, clad in black, on each motorcycle. Women headed…

Ambika Satkunanathan Ambika Satkunanathan on 01/23/202201/23/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Taking the Military to Task with International Sanctions

While Sri Lanka grapples with an inevitable economic meltdown, the international community has not forgotten the country’s obligations to move towards a reconciled society through the process of transitional justice. One of…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/17/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Desmond Tutu – An Inspiration and Challenge for Sri Lanka

Desmond Tutu was a black, South African, Christian male but in a world where colour, caste, class, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, sexuality and gender matter, he transcended all of that to be a…

Ruki Fernando Ruki Fernando on 12/31/202112/31/2021
Human Rights, Human Security, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

2021: The Year in Review

2020 flowed into 2021 with a continued air of uncertainty due to the unrelenting spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The third wave saw cases and deaths rise exponentially, taking the country’s healthcare…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/30/202112/30/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Desmond Tutu: The Man Who Revived the Moral Universe

Archbishop Desmond Tutu who passed away this week will be counted among the great human beings who contributed to the political transformation of his own country and a person who revolutionised the…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 12/29/2021
Human Rights, justice, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Presidential Election 2019, Reconciliation

Shaping a Single Narrative, courtesy the Clergy and Task Forces

The recent appointment of a task force mandated with law reform headed by a controversial Buddhist monk has raised concerns from multiple fronts. Yet, considering recent trends in Sri Lanka, this should…

Bhavani Fonseka Bhavani Fonseka on 11/07/202111/07/2021
Colombo, Culture, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Healing Trauma Through Art: A Personal Journey

When Ajantha Ranaweera was ten years old, his brother who was in the army went missing in action. Several years later, he was declared dead. There were no remains. On that day in…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/15/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Failing to Defend the Indefensible in Geneva

Currently as the UN General Assembly (UNGA) sessions proceed in New York, the real action is at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, where the conduct of the Sri Lankan…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 09/23/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Adhering to Human Rights – The Time for Words is Over

When a government contravenes the rule of law, crushes human rights, reneges on its responsibility of protecting its own citizens and begins attacking them instead, the international community will step in. It…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 09/22/202110/11/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

New Mechanisms Required to Ensure Justice for the Disappeared

Today of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances “Sri Lanka has the world’s second-highest number of cases registered with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 08/30/202108/30/2021

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