constitution

    Resolution 30/1: Four Years on, 6/36 Completed – Part 03
    by |19 March 2019|Interviews & Articles
    Part III: Security and Demilitarisation Sri Lanka co-sponsored Resolution 30/1 in 2015 and committed to a range of measures on human rights, accountability and reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its commitments will be discussed on March 20, 2019, at...
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    Resolution 30/1: Four Years on, 6/36 Completed – Part 02
    by |18 March 2019|Interviews & Articles
    Part II: Rights, the Rule of Law & International Engagement UNHRC Resolution 30/1. By co-sponsoring Resolution 30/1 in 2015, Sri Lanka committed to a range of measures on human rights, accountability and reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its commitments...
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    Resolution 30/1: Four Years on, 6/36 Completed – Part 01
    by |18 March 2019|Interviews & Articles
    Part I: Transitional Justice, Reconciliation and Power Sharing: In 2015, Sri Lanka co-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution 30/1 and committed to a range of measures on human rights, accountability and reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s progress in fulfilling its...
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    Sacked Sri Lanka PM given ‘deadline’ to vacate residence
    by |29 October 2018|Verité in the News
    Ranil Wickremesinghe (centre) urged the Speaker to convene parliament so he can prove his majority [Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters] Taken from Al Jazeera As political crisis worsens, president suspends parliament and Wickremesinghe's opponents threaten to storm residence. by Rathindra Kuruwita & Zaheena...
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    Sri Lanka president sacks prime minister, appoints Rajapaksa
    by |29 October 2018|Verité in the News
    Taken from Al Jazeera Maithripala Sirisena (right) appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) at a rushed ceremony in Colombo [AFP]Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister after the country's president sacked incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe, in a...
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    A Litmus Test: The Debate on the 19th Amendment
    by |14 September 2018|Verité in the News
     On April 28, 2015, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed in Parliament, with a two-thirds majority. 212 MPs voted in favour of its passage, with just one MP at the time, former Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara, voting against it. The 19th amendment...
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    Ex-Presidents contesting for 3rd term
    by |27 August 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Compiled by Sulochana Ramiah Mohan In recent weeks the debate on whether former Presidents Chandrika Kumaratunga (CBK) and Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) can contest the Presidency once more has been buzzing in the political circle. This is because the head of...
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