The challenge facing post–war Sri Lanka after the defeat of the LTTE is to move to a post –conflict situation defined as one in which at a basic minimum, the causes of conflict are not sustained and certainly not re-produced. This requires the prioritisation of establishing a democratic peace with governance and reconciliation between the […]
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) along with the International Budget Partnership (IBP), a Washington DC based non-profit organization and the Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA), a regional network based at BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh organized the first South Asian regional launch of the findings of the Open Budget Index (OBI) in Colombo on […]
In Sri Lanka, land has been a critical factor in the ethnic conflict that intensified and resulted in the outbreak of a war that spanned over two decades. In a post-war context the Government, political parties, civil society and citizens at large are faced with an unprecedented opportunity to address the root causes of the […]
14th January 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka: It is now abundantly clear that a situation has arisen in which the State-controlled media is acting with complete disregard for the principles of balance and impartiality inherent to any notion of responsible and professional journalism (which apply with even greater force in the case of media institutions that […]
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) wishes to correct and clarify media reportage of the death threat against its Executive Director, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu. CPA is both deeply concerned and appalled at the distortions of the chain of events in the media, particularly the state controlled media, in which it appears that exigencies of government […]
Article written by Sanjana Hattotuwa, Senior Researcher, CPA published in The Sunday Leader, 11 October 2009. Post-war politicsPost-war politicsPost-war politicsPost-war politicsPost-war politicsPost-war politicsPost-war politicsPost-war politicsPost-war politics
Confirmed Election Violence Related Incidents up to 4.00 p.m, 7th August 2009. Download the full report in Sinhala, Tamil and English here. Daily Update ? Uva Provincial Council, Jaffna MC & Vavuniya UC Elections ? 2009
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 14 May, 2011