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Breakdown of the Harmonious Relations That Existed
Breakdown of the Harmonious Relations that Existed Between Sinhala and Tamil Political Leaderships and the Development of Feelings of Insecurity among the Latter During the 1919-1948 Period: A Historical Analysis Gamage, Lakmini Department of History & Archeology Facalty of Arts University of Ruhuna [email protected] Background Westernized Ceylonese elite class leaders had been engaging in political agitation against the British rulers from around the beginning of the 20th Century. This included both Sinhala and Tamil leaders. Even though Tamils were one of the minority communities in Ceylon, Tamil leaders worked shoulder to shoulder with Sinhala leaders for achieving constitutional reforms in Ceylon. The high caste Tamils were treated more favorably by the colonial administration as could be seen by the fact they provided a high standard of English education facilities in the Jaffna peninsula but not in the Sinhala areas. As a result, high caste Jaffna Tamils were able to receive a good English language based education which enabled them to maintain themselves at a higher social level. Due to those advantages the Tamils were able to engage in the forefront of the political agitation movement, ahead of the Sinhala leaders (Silva, 1967, p 90). During the first two decades of the 20thCentury, a remarkable phenomenon was the unity and harmony which prevailed between Sinhala and Tamil leaders. None of the Sinhala or Tamil leaders viewed or wished for anything from the ethnic angle; rather, they focused on reforms that would benefit the whole of Ceylon. Leaders laid emphasis on the common goals, rights and needs of both communities. -
Based on the Sri Lankan Experience of Registration of Title System.)
South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law, Vol. 19, Issue 4 (August) ISSN 2289-1560 2019 RETHINKING THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THE CUSTOMARY LAWS IN THE CONTEXT OF LAND LAW MAKING PROCESS (BASED ON THE SRI LANKAN EXPERIENCE OF REGISTRATION OF TITLE SYSTEM.) Ms Buddhika Munasinghe INTRODUCTION The land is an integral part of every state. Especially land has sacred and cultural value in most of the Asian traditions apart from its social and economic value. Sri Lanka is an island state which has 25,330 sq. Mi for 21,670,000 ("Department of Census and Statistics-Sri Lanka," 2019) of population and a country which inherent legal pluralism as a result of multi-cultural ethnicity and imperialism. Further, Lands play a major and vital role in Sri Lanka, and as a country based on the agricultural economy, vast human rights such as the right to work, right to food are inseparably linked with the lands. Therefore the concept of ownership and protection of ownership of lands have crucial importance. Sri Lanka has two kinds of ownership for the lands. The first one is the ownership of state lands, and the other one is ownership of private lands. When it comes to private lands, the laws relating to private lands in Sri Lanka are governed by the General Law or the Roman-Dutch law and the personal or special laws existing in the country. All these legal systems have their own features and inherent. Derived from many different systems, Roman-Dutch Law, English law, Sinhala Law, Thesawalamei Law and Muslim Law, the law of Ceylon is rich in its source.(Tambiah, 1972, p. -
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An Exceptional Collapse of the Rule of Law: Told through stories by families of the disappeared in Sri Lanka ISBN 962-8161-06-7 Published by Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 19th floor, Go-Up Commercial Building 998 Canton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +(852) 2698 6339 Fax: +(852) 2698 6367 Email: [email protected] Website: www.alrc.net / www.ahrchk.net / www.disappearances.org and Families of the Disappeared 555 Colombo Road, Kurana – Katunayaka, Sri Lanka Tel: +(94) 314870308 Email: [email protected] October 2004 Researched by Moon Jeong-ho Bruce Van Voorhis Edited by Shyamali Puvimanasinghe Printed by Clear-Cut Publishing and Printing Co. B1, 15/F, Fortune Factory Building 40 Lee Chung Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong CONTENTS vii Mass murder and Constitutional insanity Basil Fernando 1 The killers’ list The disappearance of S. A. Chaminda Luxman Senanayake 7 Body under the bridge The disappearance of Warnakulasuriya Arachige Don Peter Michael 11 Torture chamber at the law faculty The disappearance of B. Hemantha Ajith Chandrasiri 16 Gamini is no more The disappearance of Handunkutti Pathiranehalage Gamini Sugathasiri 23 Murderers among us The disappearance of A. G. Sudath Premasiri 28 Burning bodiew for a wedding service The disappearance of Herath Mudiyanselage Ranjith, Neil Chandraratna and D. G. Wijedasa 36 What we have lost is lost completely for a lifetime The Embilipitiya disappearances 61 Betrayed by a friend The disappearance of Girambe Gedara Samarasinghe 65 The ominous van without number plates The disappearance of Galapita Gedara Karunananda 68 Crying for justice The disappearance of Ajith Rohana Gunathilaka 72 Life is priceless The disappearance of Abeygoda Gedara Gunawardana 74 Broken promise The disappearance of J.H.A. -
The Interface Between Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law (Ihl)
REDUCING SUFFERING DURING CONFLICT: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN BUDDHISM AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL) Exploratory position paper as background for 4th to 6th September 2019 conference in Dambulla, Sri Lanka Peter Harvey (University of Sunderland, Emeritus), with: Kate Crosby (King’s College, London), Mahinda Deegalle (Bath Spa University), Elizabeth Harris (University of Birmingham), Sunil Kariyakarawana (Buddhist Chaplain to Her Majesty’s Armed Forces), Pyi Kyaw (King’s College, London), P.D. Premasiri (University of Peradeniya, Emeritus), Asanga Tilakaratne (University of Colombo, Emeritus), Stefania Travagnin (University of Groningen). Andrew Bartles-Smith (International Committee of the Red Cross). Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield, yet he, indeed, is the nobler victor who should conquer himself. Dhammapada v.103 AIMS AND RATIONALE OF THE CONFERENCE This conference, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with a number of universities and organizations, will explore correspondences between Buddhism and IHL and encourage a constructive dialogue and exchange between the two domains. The conference will act as a springboard to understanding how Buddhism can contribute to regulating armed conflict, and what it offers in terms of guidance on the conduct of, and behavior during, war for Buddhist monks and lay persons – the latter including government and military personnel, non-State armed groups and civilians. The conference is concerned with the conduct of armed conflict, and not with the reasons and justifications for it, which fall outside the remit of IHL. In addition to exploring correspondences between IHL and Buddhist ethics, the conference will also explore how Buddhist combatants and communities understand IHL, and where it might align with Buddhist doctrines and practices: similarly, how their experience of armed conflict might be drawn upon to better promote IHL and Buddhist principles, thereby improving conduct of hostilities on the ground. -
The Day of the African Child 30 Years On, Where Are We Now? Page 2
The Day of the African Child 30 years on, where are we now? Page 2: Adelaide Benneh Prempeh Advancing the Welfare of children in Ghana Page 18: Maria Mbeneka Child Marriage Page 22: Presentation Judge Fatoumata Dembélé Page 23: Diarra – Mali Euridce Baptista – Angola Page 24: CLA Role of the Law in Eliminating Child Marriage 2/10/21 ADVANCING THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN GHANA. Presented By: Adelaide Benneh Prempeh Managing Partner B&P ASSOCIATES 1 OVERVIEW u GHANAIAN HISTORICAL CONTEXT & BACKGROUND. u THE CHILD & FAMILY PROTECTION SYSTEM IN GHANA. u LEGAL FRAMEWORK. u LEGISLATIVE REFORM IN GHANA’S ADOPTION LAW. u ADVANCING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- EDUCATION. 2 1 2/10/21 I. GHANAIAN HISTORICAL CONTEXT & BACKGROUND 3 In the Ghanaian context “Best interests of the Child” will includes cultural perspective and respect for customary structure. Ø Extended family environment. Ø Benefits: Children are allowed to remain in a familiar environment, still connected with their natural family; safety net for children to receive support within family and community. Ø Challenges: Lack of an enforced legal regime to govern this type of “informal family arrangement” for more vulnerable children, as well as the inherent difficulty in monitoring such social arrangements, lends itself to corporal punishment, domestic violence, sexual abuse, sexual violence and exploitation, ritual servitude (Trokosi). 4 2 2/10/21 II. CHILD & FAMILY PROTECTION SYSTEM IN GHANA. 5 2013 International Social Service Report. Ø Weaknesses in the alternative care system/ fosterage. Ø Open adoption of children. Ø Child trafficking. 6 3 2/10/21 Technical Committee Recommendations: Ø Robust child protection framework; Ø Strong regulatory and supervisory institutions; Ø Licensing and accreditation of agencies; Ø Financing of residential facilities; and Ø Comprehensive Child and Family Framework. -
The Reception of International Law in the Domestic Law of Sri Lanka in the Context of the Global Experience M
The RKW Goonesekere Memorial Lecture THE RECEPTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE DOMESTIC LAW OF SRI LANKA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE M. Sornarajah I thank the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo and the Dean of the Faculty of Law for the invitation to deliver the First RKW Goonesekere Lecture today. It was an emotional moment for me when Professor Savitri Goonesekere first suggested to me that I should deliver this lecture in memory of a teacher who has been the model for me throughout my career as an academic and practitioner. Mr Goonesekere’s career has spanned a range of roles that a lawyer can play, first as an academic, then as a practitioner in human rights law representing the oppressed and as an activist for liberal causes. The ideal lawyer’s life must be spent in the service of the law to ensure that his fellow men and women in society live under the rule of law with their freedoms intact and their lives secure. In a generation of “lost lawyers”1 whose preoccupation has been money and status, Mr Goonesekere performed the task of an ideal lawyer in the dark days of the public life of our country when others thought it wise to remain silent.2 By so doing, he redeemed the honour of his profession. Mr Goonesekere’s life will illumine the paths of many lawyers of the Prof. M. Sornarajah is the CJ Koh Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. He studied law at the University of Ceylon, where he obtained a first class honours degree in law. -
Gender, Lineage, and Localization in Sri Lanka's
GLOBAL NETWORKS, LOCAL ASPIRATIONS: GENDER, LINEAGE, AND LOCALIZATION IN SRI LANKA’S BHIKKHUNĪ ORDINATION DISPUTE by TYLER A. LEHRER B.A., California State University, Sacramento, 2013 A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Religious Studies 2016 This thesis entitled: Global Networks, Local Aspirations: Gender, Lineage, and Localization in Sri Lanka’s Bhikkhunī Ordination Dispute written by Tyler A. Lehrer has been approved for the Department of Religious Studies ________________________________________________________ Dr. Holly Gayley, Committee Chair Assistant Professor, Religious Studies ________________________________________________________ Dr. Deborah Whitehead Associate Professor, Religious Studies ________________________________________________________ Dr. Carla Jones Associate Professor, Anthropology Date _____________________ The final copy of this thesis has been examined by the signatories, and we find that both the content and the form meet acceptable presentation standards of scholarly work in religious studies. IRB protocol #: 15-0563 iii Lehrer, Tyler A. (M.A., Religious Studies) Global Networks, Local Aspirations: Gender, Lineage, and Localization in Sri Lanka’s Bhikkhunī Ordination Dispute Thesis directed by Assistant Professor Dr. Holly Gayley This thesis investigates many of the figures and events that have made full ordinations of Buddhist nuns (bhikkhunīs) both possible and contested -
The Socialists and the Nationalist Movement in Sri Lanka 1931 - 1948 : II (Ctd
The Socialists and the Nationalist Movement in Sri Lanka 1931 - 1948 : II (ctd. from Rohana I) — M. U. D e Silva Meanwhile, the government took steps, to promulgate the necessary rules under the Defence (Miscellaneous) Regulations. These rules conferred on the Governor, the Officers of State, the Military and the Police a tremen dous amount of power nullifying civil liberties enjoyed by the people and their representatives. The powers given under the Donoughmore constitu tion were getting evaporated.1 Meanwhile, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, who appeared to have had a clear understanding of the traditional forces at work in society, had formed the Sinhala Maha Sabha in order to give a new impetus to them. Dressed in the traditional national costume and abdicating Christianity, he mobilized the forces of traditional culture elements. While the Samasamajists were struggling for political and economic emancipation from imperialist control, the Sinhala Maha Sabha sought solutions rooted more securely in the tradi tional cultural and religious patterns of the people. A section of the Ceylon National Congress also collaborated with the political programme of the Sinhala Maha Sabha which was based on religio- linguistic nationalism. Though the Samasamajists at their Youth League stage had stressed much on the traditional cultural heritage, by now they had begun to lay more stress on the political and economic problems. Therefore, while the Samasamaja struggle became more than a political liberation movement, the Sinhala Maha Sabha struggle took the form of a Sinhalese Buddhist revivalist movement. As a result every attempt at a precise defini tion of the political programme of the latter provoked charges of communa- lism.2 However, since Bandaranaike belonged to a Mudaliyar family, and was a member of the Board of Ministers as well, he commanded the support and sympathy of the bureaucracy as well as of the dying feudal elements. -
Politics in Plural Societies : a Theory of Democratic Instability
POLITICS IN PLURAL SOCIETIES A Theory of Democratic Instability ALVIN RABUSHKA University of Rochester and KENNETH A. SHEPSLE Washington University, St. Louis Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company A Bell & Howell Company Columbus, Ohio CHAPTER 5 Majority Domination We turn in this chapter to an analysis of ethnic politics in dominant major- ity configurations. A major theme that emerges from this analysis is the denial by majorities of political freedoms to minorities as well as access to a proportional share of the public sector. First we explore ethnic politics in Ceylon to illustrate how a dominant Sinhalese majority deals with an important Tamil minority; second, we extend the empirical coverage with a comparative treatment of majority domination in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Mauritius, Rwanda, and Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania). Ceylon The most important source of division and disruption in Ceylonese politics and the greatest impediment to integrative trends has been the persistence of sentiments of identification and solidarity with broader primordial groups generally referred to as communities.1 The Sinhalese, constituting about seventy percent of the population, is the majority community in Ceylon. The remaining minorities consist of Ceylon Tamils who arrived from India between the fourth and twelfth centuries, eleven percent; Indian Tamils who arrived in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to work on the tea estates, twelve percent; Moors 1. Robert N. Kearney, Communalism and Language in the Politics of Ceylon (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1967), p. 4. We rely heavily upon the evidence Kearney provides of Sinhalese politics. See also W. Howard Wriggins, Ceylon: Dilemmas of a New Nation (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1960); Calvin A. -
Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies Vol 3. No. 2 November 2017
VOLUME 03 NUMBER 02 NOVEMBER 2017 The Faculty of Arts UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA, SRI LANKA The Faculty of Arts The Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies Vol.03, No. 02, November 2017 UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA, SRI LANKA EDITOR’S NOTE The Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies Volume 03 Number 02 November 2017 Volume 03 Number 02 2017 of the Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies continues to deal with research problems related to the South Asian context. As per the vision of the pioneers of the Journal the present issue accommodates six articles. Since its inception in 1978 the Journal has been published with a break in the eighties due to the unrest that prevailed in the Northern and Eastern part of Sri Lanka and it has resumed its publication since 2015. We are unable to publish it on a regular basis due to various problems like lack of facilities, funds and printing due to dearth of professionals with English knowledge. The present volume consists of articles related to maritime intercourse and naval warfare, material culture in archaeology, logical methodology for “Refuting” in Vedanta philosophical tradition, mapping and evaluation of the changes in the land uses of selected river basins in the Northern Province, gender inequality, land rights and socio- economic transformation of women and landscape painting in BritishCeylon. We welcome more articles related to the South Asian context. We hope to continue with regular release of the Journal in future. Dr.K.Shriganeshan Editor. 30.11.2020. The Faculty of Arts The Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies Vol.03, No. -
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(JoSSM ^g® © CDjC3 © THE CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE £fog© 13,215 — 1962 g g 20 £>i& Qs?<fo$ — 1962.7.20 No. 13,215 — FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1962 (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (II)-ADVERTISING (Separate paging is given to each language of every Part in order that it may be filed separately) PAGE PAGE Posts—Vacant 789 Sale of Toll and other Rents 819 Examinations, Results of Examinations, &c. 798 Unofficial Notices . 827 Notices calling for Tenders 799 Applications for Foreign Liquor Licences 828 Notices re Decisions on Tenders 818 Auction Sales 829 Sale of'Articles, &e. 818 Miscellaneous Notices ' Note.—P art. V I published with this issue contains a list of Jurors and Assessors of the Kalutara District. Posts — Vacant GENERAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE. TO APPOINTMENTS TO POSTS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISED IN THE “ CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE-” 1. A l l o w a n c e s —Unless otherwise stated, Rent Allow (iv) New Entrant Officers who qualify for entry into ance, temporary Cost of Living Allowance and the Public Service through the Sinhala temporary Special Living Allowance are payable Medium will be exempted from the Proficiency according to Government Regulations. Test in Sinhala. 2. Conditions of Service .—Appointments will be N o te .—The term “ New Entrant Officers ” in this con subject tq the Public Service Commission Rules, the text means officers appointed to posts in the Financial 'Regulations, the Regulations of the Manual Public Service on or after September 24, 1956, of Procedure, Departmental Orders or Regulations, and who are not deemed to be old entrant officers any other orders' or regulations issued from time to in terms of sub-paragraphs 2 (ii) (b) and 2 time by the Government. -
An Imperative for Sri Lanka!
ANMEEZAN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL COMPRISING SCHOLARLY AND STUDENT ARTICLES 53RD EDITION EDITED BY: Shabna Rafeek Shimlah Usuph Shafna Abul Hudha All rights reserved, The Law Students’ Muslim Majlis Sri Lanka Law College Cover Design: Arqam Muneer Copyrights All material in this publication is protected by copyright, subject to statutory exceptions. Any unauthorized of the Law Students’ Muslim Majlis, may invoke inter alia liability for infringement of copyright. Disclaimer All views expressed in this production are those of the respective author and do not represent the opinion of the Law Students’ Muslim Majlis or Sri Lanka Law College. Unless expressly stated, the views expressed are the author’s own and are not to be attributed to any instruction he or she may present. Submission of material for future publications The Law Students’ Muslim Majlis welcomes previously unpublished original articles or manuscripts for publication in future editions of the “Meezan”. However, publication of such material would be at the discretion of the Law Students’ Muslim Majlis, in whose opinion, such material must be worthy of publication. All such submissions should be in duplicate accompanied with a compact disk and contact details of the contributor. All communication could be made via the address given below. Citation of Material contained herein Citation of this publication may be made due regard to its protection by copyright, in the following fashion: 2019, issue 53rd Meezan, LSMM Review, Responses and Criticisms The Law Students’ Muslim Majlis welcome any reviews, responses and criticisms of the content published in this issue. The President, The Law Students’ Muslim Majlis Sri Lanka Law College, 244, Hulftsdorp Street, Colombo 12 Tel - 011 2323759 (Local) - 0094112323749 (International) Email - [email protected] EVENT DETAILS The Launch of the 53rd Edition of the Annual Law Journal -MEEZAN- Chief Guest Hon.