Centre for Policy Alternatives on 10 March, 2015 The first elections of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) held in September 2013 provided an important opportunity to test the utility of the Thirteenth Amendment in devolving power. Until then, the Northern Province was essentially under Central administration (through the Governor) for the larger part of its existence since the enactment of the Thirteenth Amendment. […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 7 March, 2015 In August 2013, the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints Regarding Missing Persons was established to look into disappearances or abductions of residents of the North and East during the period of January 1983 to May 2009. This was a follow up to a recommendation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC).Now, a year […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 2 March, 2015 Download PEACE MONITOR, Volume 10 Issue 1, March 2015 issue as a PDF here.
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 24 February, 2015 The Outreach Unit of the Centre for Policy Alternatives recently carried out an arts and culture camp in the cities of Kandy and Badulla. Over 600 students from across the Central and Uva provinces attended the series of workshops and competitions; this is the first time both Sinhala and Tamil students have participated in an […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 10 February, 2015 Download this press release in Tamil here and in Sinhala here. ### 10 February 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) welcomes the general direction of the government’s 100-day reforms programme that is currently underway. After decades of intolerable battering, Sri Lanka’s democratic procedures and institutions are badly in need of reform and […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 10 February, 2015 Download the February and March 2015 edition of Saama Vimarshi here or read it online here.
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 5 February, 2015 4 February 2015: We, the undersigned conveners on behalf of civil society organizations and individuals who have focused on human rights protection through the dark and dangerous days of the Rajapaksa regime, welcome the victory of Mr. Maithripala Sirisena in the 08th January 2015 Presidential Election and the formation of a new government. We look […]