In the fulfillment of its mandate, CPA's programming focusses on the mutually reinforcing areas of democratic governance and peace.

Governance encompasses:

    * Legal reform, draft legislation and the use of constitutional reform for the transformation of conflict and peacebuilding
    * Critical analyses of the law and policy making prcess
    * Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on fundamental rights as well as pre-enacment judicial review on legislation
    * Implementing strategies for peace and governance reform using traditional and new media


Ongoing projects and programmes

Publication on Power-Sharing Proposals
This publication is a compilation of all power sharing ideas and proposals articulated in the country over several decades. The compilation also contains in-depth commantaries of these proposals by leading experts on Sri Lankan constitutional law in the country including Mr. Rohan Edrisinha and Mr. Asanga Welikala of CPA. This is a joint CPA - Berghof Foundation for Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka publication.

Budget Transparency
The project is aimed at increasing both public scrutiny of local authorities and their capacity building on all fiscal aspects of local ...