Press Release - UMSAILS held public lecture on human rights in Sri Lanka

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News Dhaka, Bangladesh - 1st December 2012

Dhaka, 01 December 2012:

The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (UMSAILS) organized a public lecture on 1 December 2012 on "Accountability Versus Reconciliation: Human Rights and Sri Lanka's Post-Civil War Politics" by Dr. Neil DeVotta, Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, U.S.A.

The talk focused on the causes of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict and the controversial manner in which it was concluded. Dr. DeVotta also discussed the difficulties associated with bringing those who have allegedly committed human rights violations to justice, even though such accountability is important to ensuring meaningful reconciliation.

Dr. DeVotta observed that there should be an objective reckoning of what took place during the final stages of the war. He suggested that a Truth and Reconciliation Commission may be necessary to doing so but said he was, for various reasons, pessimistic of this coming to pass in the foreseeable future.

Professor Delwar Hossain of the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka chaired the session. Dr. Uttam Kumar Das, a Human Rights Lawyer, gave the address of welcome.

A total of 25 students and academics attended the lecture.

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Press Release - UMSAILS held public lecture on human rights in Sri Lanka

Press Release - UMSAILS held public lecture on human rights in Sri Lanka

Press Release - UMSAILS held public lecture on human rights in Sri Lanka

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