MOOT POINT Legal Review 2001

MOOT POINT Legal Review 2001

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MOOT POINT Legal Review 2001

Negotiation Process, Deproscription and Related Issues

The Centre for Policy Alternatives also organised a closed-door conference on the 25th of February 2002 on the deproscription of the LTTE and related issues titled 'Negotiation Process, Deproscription and Related Issues'. A report of the conference can be downloaded from here. The background paper, written by Kethesh Loganathan, can be accessed here.
Negotiation Process, Deproscription and Related Issues

The Internet and Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka

A Paper titled “The Internet and Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka” presented at the Oneworld Regional Conference for South Asian Partners, 18-19th March 2002 in Delhi, India. The paper looks at the impact of Information Communications Technology on Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka. The paper examines the challenges for an effective implementation of an information regime that works towards Conflict Transformation and looks at ICT holistically.
The Internet and Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka

Human Rights and Conflict Resolution: Sri Lanka’s Dilemma

On the 26th of March 2002, the CPA organised a closed-door seminar that addressed human rights concerns in Sri Lanka's current process towards peace and a negotiated settlement to the ethnic conflict titled 'Human Rights and Conflict Resolution: Sri Lanka's Dilemma'. The discussion was facilitated by Mr. Ian Martin, former Secretary General of Amnesty International. A report of the seminar is available here.

The Role and Relevance of Transitional Arrangements in Negotiating a Political Settlement in Sri Lanka

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Institute of Federalism (IF), Fribourg, Switzerland organised the 2nd conference of the Locarno Process from the 15th to 17th April 2002 in Murten, Switzerland on “The Role and Relevance of Transitional Arrangements in Negotiating a Political Settlement in Sri Lanka”. The conference enabled participants to reflect on their understanding of the cease-fire agreement and to what extent strategies of the respective parties and stakeholders would animate and inform peace processes in the short, medium and long-term within the framework of a sustainable cease-fire incorporating human rights norms. The report of the proceedings is available here. The background paper by Mr. Kethesh Loganathan and Mr. Asanga Welikala is available here.
The Role and Relevance of Transitional Arrangements in Negotiating a Political Settlement in Sri Lanka