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Balanced accountability balances international perceptions on Sri Lanka: Attorney-at-law Dr Gehan Gunatilleke in conversation with Faraz Shauketaly on #NewslineSL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxIODp66l1o
Textile industry at risk amidst cautions of losing GSP+
Written by Staff Writer COLOMBO (News1st): Sri Lanka’s textile industry is at a threat of being affected the most if the country is deprived of GSP+ concessions. Sri Lanka had exported commodities worth 2.08 billion Euros to European Union nations in 2020....
Criminalizing Fake News
By Nishantha Hewage Intending to deconstruct preconceived notions of fake news and to give a legal perspective to it in a context where fake news is out rightly criminalised, and even those who are in connection with them are controversially arrested, was the theme of...
Salvaging the Port City Project
By Gehan Gunatilleke What is the only reasonable yardstick to assess any large-scale economic project in Sri Lanka? Simple: its benefit to the Sri Lankan people. Such public benefit should be the sole benchmark by which the proposed Colombo Port City project...
Micro-insurance and the empowerment of an entrepreneurial workforce
Ranil Angunawela Access to financial products is a fundamental necessity for any society that seeks to foster and develop a thriving middle class. Such access complements the fulfilment of basic socio-economic needs, such as access to health care, education and the...
GSP+ concessions withdrawal will mostly affect SMEs
By Sunimalee Dias Sri Lanka’s apparel industry wants a shift from the present trade concessions of a specific programme to something more stable like a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) while the risk of the withdrawal of the EU preferential trade pact will mostly impact the...
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Chathuranga Hapuarachchi interviews Gehan Gunatilleke on the European Parliament's resolution on Sri Lanka, reforming the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and the possible suspension of GSP+ trade concessions to Sri Lanka....
Second doses of Covishield: Government lab techs allege SPC delays
By Maheesha Mudugamuwa The alleged delay on the part of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) in submitting the purchase orders to bring down the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covishied Covid-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, is being blamed for the...
Criminalization of Fake News
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=297892261820169&ref=watch_permalink Fake news is a menace to all of us, and criminalizing it seems the logical solution to a widespread problem. But is it really? What are the benefits and ramifications Sri Lanka can expect...
SC begins hearing Port City petitions
By S.S. Selvanayagam A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court yesterday heard presentations from four petitioners, including the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) who had filed petitions appealing...
Did pushing aside Serum Institute’s local agent cause a vaccination delay in Sri Lanka?
ECONOMYNEXT – Replacing Sri Lanka’s local agent of the Serum Institute of India (SII) with the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) in procuring the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine would’ve led to a costly four-week delay in ordering the jab, a lawyer said. This...
Poorly worded legal provisions can be construed to cover “fake news”: Sri Lanka lawyer
By Himal Kotelawala ECONOMYNEXT – Broadly and poorly worded provisions in Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and Computer Crimes Act can be construed in bad faith to cover alleged falsehoods disseminated online, human rights lawyer Dr Gehan Gunatilleke...
Criminalizing Disinformation. Is Democracy under threat?
Weaponisation of information has become one of the grave threat to democracy. How do we solve this menace? Would Criminalizing disinformation be a solution? Or would it threaten civil liberties? The inaugural installment of Huftsddorp Circles - an initiative by the...
Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021
It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke has been chosen as one of the “Top 100 Lex-Falcon Awardees 2021” (Category: Legal) at the recently held, LexTalk World Conference on 7th & 8th April 2021 at Crowne Plaza, #Dubai.The Awardees were...
Amending archaic laws
April 4, 2021 by Yumiko Perera A complex mixture of legal systems of Roman-Dutch Law, British Law, Kandyan Law, Thesavalamai, and Muslim Law, the legal framework of Sri Lanka is rich in diversity. The religious and colonial history of the country, tracing back from...