Centre for Policy Alternatives on 13 September, 2014 Saama Vimarshi – September 2014 edition
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Centre for Policy Alternatives on 13 September, 2014 Centre for Policy Alternatives on 11 September, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: Presidential Commission on Missing Persons
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons (the Commission), was established over a year ago on 15th August 2013 by Gazette 1823/42. The sole purpose of the Commission was to investigate and inquire into cases of disappearances in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka. In March 2014, the […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 9 September, 2014 INFOGRAPHIC: LLRC Implementation Statistics
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report, along with the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the LLRC (Action Plan), are the two key documents produced by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) outlining its process of reconciliation after three decades of war. Over two years have passed since the Cabinet approved […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 5 September, 2014 The Need for a Strong Victim and Witness Assistance and Protection Mechanism
5 September 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) welcomes the Bill titled “Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses” (referred to as the Bill) issued on 11th August 2014. At the outset, CPA acknowledges that the Bill in its present form is an improvement on previous drafts but […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 23 August, 2014 Samaadana Nokku: February – March 2014 (Peace Monitor in Tamil)
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Centre for Policy Alternatives on 23 August, 2014 Petition challenging the directive issued by the UDA
20th August 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) supported a group of Petitioners from “34 Watta”, Wanathamulla, Borella to file a writ application [CA (Writ) 283/14] in the Court of Appeal against the Urban Development Authority (UDA) and other actors challenging the directive issued by the UDA ordering them to move […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 12 August, 2014 Joint Open Letter by the Main Election Monitoring Groups
August 12 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The main election monitoring groups in Sri Lanka including the CMEV wrote a joint open letter addressed to the Leaders and Secretaries of all political parties contesting the Uva Provincial Council Election 2014 and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) with a request to take appropriate action to prevent violations of […]