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Protest vote and the Pragmatic Vote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqiCYP9c08o The idea of a 3rd candidate has not been this significant in Sri Lanka's election history landscape. In the case of the 3rd candidate disassociating himself from the major political parties, he would receive a protest vote...
Explaining Sri Lanka’s new Emergency Regulations on ‘publication’
Gehan Gunatilleke Sri Lanka’s President issued a new set of Emergency Regulations on 22 April. This note explains the contents of Emergency Regulation 15, which concerns the ‘control of publications’, and certain other regulations relevant to publication.There are...
What’s behind Sri Lanka Easter attacks? | Inside Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgGiIIkg1Ik Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday turned into a scene of death and destuction. Churches and luxury hotels were targeted in at least eight coordinated blasts. Hundreds of people were killed, many as they attended Christian services....
Newsfirst Newsline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKACtks2n_g Sonali Wanigabaduge interviews Gehan Gunatilleke on legal reform, media regulation, hate speech, and national reconciliation policy.
Ranil Angunawela, Insurance Board of Sri Lanka at Fintelekt AML Summit (Sri Lanka) 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ7F-Ar33VE&ab_channel=FintelektAdvisoryServicesPvtLtd Fintelekt hosted the 3rd Annual Anti-Money Laundering Summit (Sri Lanka) at Taj Samudra, Colombo on April 5, 2017. This forum provided an exclusive opportunity for sharing of...
Sri Lanka: 3 composite insurers remain, 2 years after segregation deadline
Three insurers have so far failed to observe industry regulations requiring them to segregate their composite business and to list the segregated entities, two years after such rules came into force. Under the law, insurers were required to separate their life...
R2P and the Normative Accountability of the UN Security Council
Gehan Gunatilleke The ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) doctrine has emerged in response to global challenges in protecting civilians from atrocities. According to the UN Secretary General’s (UNSG) latest report on R2P in 2015, the doctrine is organised under three...