Five takeaways from the UN Committee Against Torture review of Sri Lanka
At this key moment, when so much hangs in the balance with respect to Sri Lanka’s justice and reconciliation process, this simply isn’t good enough.... Read More
‘A cure far worse than the disease’ – Sri Lanka’s new draft counter terrorism law
The draft ‘Counter Terrorism Act’ (CTA) – intended to replace the ‘Prevention of Terrorism Act’ (PTA), widely condemned as one of the main causes of... Read More
Sri Lanka – never the answer
While the conviction of Duminda Silva should have been a welcome sign of Sri Lanka’s return to normalcy, such an interpretation was immediately undermined by... Read More
An open letter from the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice to Ban Ki-moon
TransConflict is pleased to present an open letter from the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, a member of the Global Coalition for Conflict... Read More
Sri Lanka – the halfway mark
In September 2015, the UN Nations released a major report on Sri Lanka in which it found strong evidence that serious rights violations, war crimes and... Read More
The farce of the UN’s recent tourism conference in Sri Lanka
For the last four years, the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice has been running an Ethical Tourism Campaign, to highlight how visitors to... Read More
Sri Lanka – repairing the damage of the Paranagama Commission
For Sri Lanka to move on from its past, it must acknowledge it. The Paranagama Commission has served only to prop up a sense of... Read More
Holding the government of Sri Lanka to its promises
The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, a member of the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation, is launching a new campaign urging the government of... Read More
Sri Lanka – a new Commonwealth
The new Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, must rebuild an institution which her predecessor, Indian diplomat Kamalesh Sharma, pushed towards irrelevance... Read More
GSP+ – the European Union and Sri Lanka’s preferential trade status
The Sri Lanka campaign recently sent a briefing to European Union officials outlining our thoughts relating to the return of Sri Lanka to “GSP+” preferential... Read More
Sri Lanka – The return of the white van
A spate of “white van” abductions in Northern Sri Lanka raises memories from the past, and does damage to Sri Lanka’s hopes for peace.
Mixed messages – what now for justice in Sri Lanka?
One would not offer therapy, shelter, or legal redress, to the victim of arson until one had first put out the flames. So to for... Read More
Sri Lanka – lighting the lamps
In the interests of reconciliation the Government of Sri Lanka would do well to signal that it is bringing to an end its war on... Read More
What is the OISL report? The story of the UN process so far
TransConflict hereby presents an overview of the UN Investigation Report on Sri Lanka (OISL), prepared by the Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice, a member of... Read More
Sri Lanka – political prisoners, something must be done
On Monday, over 200 Tamil prisoners began a nationwide hunger strike. They are pressing for release, and protesting against the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act... Read More
Sri Lanka – a perspective from the global south
Sri Lanka has endured cyclical mass atrocities. Many of the peoples of the global south know all too well that the only way to break... Read More
Sri Lanka – a strong report, let’s make it count
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ long awaited report into human rights violations in Sri Lanka 2002-2011 establishes that War Crimes... Read More
The new government – is the situation in Sri Lanka better?
While there has been an opening up of the political space in the south, elsewhere surveillance, intimidation and a climate of fear remain. For many... Read More
Peace insights for Nepal from Aceh and Sri Lanka
Aceh, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka offer relevant – if tellingly different – windows into the possible trajectories of how disaster and its management can affect political... Read More
Two conflicts, one problem – finding new solutions to old wars
The involvement of women in rehabilitation after conflict has many advantages, foremost of which is the genuinely sustainable peace that follows. The role of women... Read More
Nigeria, Boko Haram and the ‘Sri Lankan Model’ of counter-insurgency
As awful and as crude as it may appear, the ‘Sri Lankan model’ of counter-insurgency continues to be showcased around the world in seminars and... Read More
The fog of war in Sri Lanka
Reporting of the civil war in Sri Lanka has tended to distort various aspects of the violence that ensued, particularly in terms of the number... Read More
Reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka
Differing conceptualisations of the term ‘reconciliation’ has sparked a debate regarding the best way to approach the issue. Whilst government policy is firmly concerned with... Read More
Where did Assad go to school?
The Sri Lanka model – where a long, low-intensity civil war reached a violent, bloody climax; yet its architects remain in power and have escaped... Read More
Post-war Sri Lanka – the challenges of reconciliation, reintegration and rehabilitation
Three years on from the bloody end to its civil war, Sri Lanka remains beset by the challenges of reconciliation, reintegration and rehabilitation, and faces... Read More