Sri Lanka, human rights and the United Nations : a scrutiny into the international human rights engagement with a third world state /
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| Author / Creator: | Ananthavinayagan, Thamil Venthan, author. |
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| Imprint: | Singapore : Springer Nature, [2019] ©2019 |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International law and the global south : perspectives from the rest of the world International law and the global south. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12455901 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Sri Lankan Human Rights Infrastructure and International Human Rights Engagement; 1.2 The United Nations Human Rights Machinery; 1.3 Sri Lanka's Independence and the Introduction of Human Rights Law; 1.4 Aims and Overview; 1.4.1 Overarching Question and Aim of the Book; 1.4.2 Overview; References; 2 Sri Lanka's History: Colonialism, Independence and Conflict; 2.1 Introducing to Sri Lanka's History; 2.1.1 The History of the Island Before Its Independence in 1948
- 2.1.2 Migration and Indigenous Rule of the Island2.1.3 A Myth Becoming an Essential Part of History and A Justification for Political Violence; 2.1.4 The Actual History; 2.1.5 Preparing Independence: The Constitutional Development of Sri Lanka; 2.2 Post-colonial Sri Lanka, the Rise of Majoritarian Nationalism and the Creation of the "Other"; 2.2.1 General Elections 1947-The Creation of Aristocratic Democracy and the Rise of Political Buddhism; 2.2.2 General Elections 1956-The Rise of Linguistic Nationalism and Identity Formation; 2.2.3 Inter-ethnic Riots 1956 and 1958
- 2.2.4 The Marxist Uprisings and the Violent Clampdown2.2.5 The Presidential Elections 1982; 2.2.6 Black July 1983 and the Beginning of the Civil War; 2.2.7 The Absence of United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to Sri Lanka-A Planned Failure?; 2.3 The Colonial Legacy and Imprint on the Contemporary Human Rights Infrastructure; 2.3.1 Education Policy; 2.3.2 Construction of Identities, Communal Representation and Unitary State; 2.3.3 Creation of Dynastic Democracy; 2.3.4 The Soulbury Constitution; 2.4 Concluding Comments; References; 3 Sri Lanka's Human Rights Infrastructure; 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Legal Instruments for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights3.2.1 First Republican Constitution; 3.2.2 Second Republican Constitution 1978; 3.2.3 Human Rights Legislation; 3.2.4 The Third Republican Constitution; 3.3 Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights; 3.3.1 Human Rights Commission; 3.3.2 Supreme Court; 3.3.3 National Police Commission; 3.3.4 Presidential Commission of Inquiries; 3.3.5 Office on Missing Persons; 3.3.6 Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission; 3.4 Institutional Impediments to the Development of a Human Rights Infrastructure
- 3.4.1 Executive Presidency3.4.2 Public Security Ordinance Act 1947; 3.4.3 Prevention of Terrorism Act 1979; 3.5 Concluding Comments; References; 4 The United Nations Treaty-Based Bodies and Their Engagement with Sri Lanka; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Role of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies; 4.3 Sri Lanka's Human Rights Treaties Ratification and Implementation Record; 4.4 Enabling an Open and Free Society: An Examination of Sri Lanka's Interaction with the United Nations Human Rights Committee