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Reconciliation

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Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

Does Sri Lanka Need a Truth and Reconciliation Mechanism?

In the lead up to the September session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) the Government of Sri Lanka floated the proposal of establishing a truth and reconciliation mechanism (TRC)….

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 11/26/202211/30/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Unfreezing the Grief: Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Are you a wife or a widow if your husband has been gone for years? Are you still a mother if your only child is missing? Do you speak of your brother…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 10/14/202210/15/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Achieving Human Rights for Sri Lankans After UN Vote

On October 6, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution calling for major change after repeated abuses by the Sri Lankan regime. There were 20 votes in favour with…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 10/08/202210/08/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Diaspora, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

Counting and Cracking: A Journey of Learning, Healing and Understanding

It debuted to rave reviews in Australia in early 2019 and met with the same response in Edinburgh and Birmingham. Despite recounting very personal and Sri Lankan experiences, S. Shakthidaran’s Counting and Cracking…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/27/202209/27/2022
Colombo, Diplomacy, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Paying Attention to the Voices That Will Not Be Silenced

As the world marks another International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, in Sri Lanka, which has the second highest number of forcibly disappeared in the world after Iraq, families of…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 08/30/202208/30/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Advocacy, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

The Tea is Cold: Cinema as Social Responsibility

A young man from Colombo, Randika, travels to Jaffna on an assignment to find out how the war has affected people there. At first he is more interested in sharing photographs on…

Groundviews Groundviews on 07/04/202207/05/2022
#GotaGoHome, Diaspora, Human Security, Identity, justice, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Reconciliation

A Call for a Change in Culture

“They will never change” is a phrase that many Tamils overseas often hear from back home. A simple phrase articulated partly in sadness, partly in gloating. It’s difficult to condemn how various…

Aravinthan Ganeshan Aravinthan Ganeshan on 06/30/202208/08/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Moving Towards True Reconciliation

In May this year, a Sri Lankan living in Australia was seen tearing up a flyer on the Tamil genocide commemorations at a #GotaGoHome protest. He said, “Do you think there was…

Sabrina Sourjah and Dr. Aloka Wanigasuriya Sabrina Sourjah and Dr. Aloka Wanigasuriya on 06/07/202206/07/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Questions of Justice and Accountability

As videos of helicopters taking off in the early hours of Tuesday May 10 appeared on social media, rumours swirled that some members of the Rajapaksa family had fled Colombo. While the…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 05/21/202205/21/2022
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

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