Reconciliation – What is the Big Deal?
It looks like the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Committee (LLRC) took their job far more seriously than expected. Some stake holders in the Government who insisted that it is fully worth spending…
Reconciliation
The Story of Learning Lessons by Counting Costs
One morning last week, as I sat in my armchair reading the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliations Commission (LLRC), I saw a man dressed only in a sarong running along…
LLRC REPORT: REASON, REFORM, ROADMAP
Photo, courtesy JDS, is of Sri Lanka’s President reading the LLRC report on a ‘‘ at his official residence. Though not without flaws and lacuna, the long awaited LLRC report does not disappoint, and…
The LLRC report and ‘accountability’ in Sri Lanka
Readers will find no big surprises after reading the final report of Sri Lanka’s . It is very much what most people were expecting. A document that looks to the future, exonerates the…
The LLRC Report: A Critical Reading
Photo credit For quite sometime, ever since the establishment of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), the Government of Sri Lanka has been asking its critics not to pre-judge the work…
LLRC Recommendations: Can the Rajapaksa Regime Digest?
Photo credit Ada Derana Finally, the full report of the long awaited Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) is in public domain, after it was presented in parliament on Friday (16 December,…
The official report of the LLRC
The official report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission was tabled in Parliament today. The official government site the report is available at is, at the time of writing, charitably put,…
Response to Michael Roberts’ ‘Turning Former LTTE Personnel into Sri Lankan Citizens?’
Photo courtesy Michael Roberts’ recent piece on the government’s rehabilitation programme of alleged former LTTE combatants is generally approving of that programme, not only directly but also indirectly in making the kinds…
Some observations on the Final Report of the Commission on the Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern Province by the LTTE in October 1990
This report provides what will be the definitive account of the story of the Northern Muslims following on their expulsion from the Northern Province by the LTTE in October 1990. Faithful throughout…
Post-war situation in Northern Sri Lanka & Prospects for Reconciliation
Changes since the end of the war: 30 months after the end of war, more people travel between the once off limits North[i] and the South and many of the travel restrictions…
Importance of psychosocial interventions in post conflict Sri Lanka
### The war ended in May 2009 saw over 280,000 people being displaced for about one to two years largely in IDP camps before returning to their original villages in north and…
Ari of Sarvodaya: Conscience of a Bruised Nation
When Dr A T Ariyaratne, founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka, turned 80 years on 5 November 2011, felicitations poured in from all over the world. This…
Women Left Behind: Truth Commissioning in Sri Lanka
A mother displaying the photographs of his sons which are missing during the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) session in Trincomalee, December, 3-5, 2010. Photo courtesy Centre for Human Rights [i]…
Turning Former LTTE Personnel into Sri Lankan Citizens?
Editors note: Also read a response to this article by Valkryie, titled ] Whatever the death toll during the last stages of Eelam War IV in 2009 the official government data in that…
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…
