Discrimination, Marginalisation and Violence Against Minorities in Post-War Sri Lanka
An Escalating Human Rights Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21701422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony Deane (0000-0001-8829-0011, University of South Africa, corresponding author), Tameshnie Deane (Associate Professor, Department of Criminal and Procedural Law, College of Law, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 301-337 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal on Minority and Group Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1385-4879 • E-ISSN: 1571-8115 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15718115-bja10093 |
| OpenAlex | W4306253247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Sri Lanka’s past is stained by human rights violations. The end of the thirty-year old civil war created opportunities and expectations that the post-war period would usher in peace and reconciliation, but this has not materialised. Recently there have been significant and worrying challenges that has altered the environment for reconciliation and accountability leading to a new wave of violence and discrimination against minorities. Some of these broader challenges include excessive militarisation, the reversal of Constitutional safeguards though court rulings, political apathy towards accountability for war-time abuses, exclusionary rhetoric through the intensification of Sinhalization and a shrinking democratic space. These challenges are warning indicators of future conflict and increased human rights violations. The purpose of this paper is to therefore highlight the various abuses, including those legislative frameworks that discriminate against Sri Lanka’s minorities and it advocates for actions in accordance with the country’s obligations under international human rights law
Accountability · Democracy · Human rights · International human rights law · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sri lanka · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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