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890255
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Ananthavinayagan, Thamil Venthan
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Sri Lanka, human rights and the United Nations : : a scrutiny into the international human rights engagement with a third world state /\ Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan.
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| Publication Statement
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Singapore :: Springer Nature,, [2019]
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, ©2019
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International law and the global south : perspectives from the rest of the world
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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9789811373503
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: 9811373507
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9789811373497
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Sri Lankan Human Rights Infrastructure and International Human Rights Engagement; 1.2 The United Nations Human Rights Machinery; 1.3 Sri Lanka's Independence and the Introduction of Human Rights Law; 1.4 Aims and Overview; 1.4.1 Overarching Question and Aim of the Book; 1.4.2 Overview; References; 2 Sri Lanka's History: Colonialism, Independence and Conflict; 2.1 Introducing to Sri Lanka's History; 2.1.1 The History of the Island Before Its Independence in 1948
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2.1.2 Migration and Indigenous Rule of the Island2.1.3 A Myth Becoming an Essential Part of History and A Justification for Political Violence; 2.1.4 The Actual History; 2.1.5 Preparing Independence: The Constitutional Development of Sri Lanka; 2.2 Post-colonial Sri Lanka, the Rise of Majoritarian Nationalism and the Creation of the "Other"; 2.2.1 General Elections 1947-The Creation of Aristocratic Democracy and the Rise of Political Buddhism; 2.2.2 General Elections 1956-The Rise of Linguistic Nationalism and Identity Formation; 2.2.3 Inter-ethnic Riots 1956 and 1958
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2.2.4 The Marxist Uprisings and the Violent Clampdown2.2.5 The Presidential Elections 1982; 2.2.6 Black July 1983 and the Beginning of the Civil War; 2.2.7 The Absence of United Nations Peacekeeping Mission to Sri Lanka-A Planned Failure?; 2.3 The Colonial Legacy and Imprint on the Contemporary Human Rights Infrastructure; 2.3.1 Education Policy; 2.3.2 Construction of Identities, Communal Representation and Unitary State; 2.3.3 Creation of Dynastic Democracy; 2.3.4 The Soulbury Constitution; 2.4 Concluding Comments; References; 3 Sri Lanka's Human Rights Infrastructure; 3.1 Introduction
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3.2 Legal Instruments for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights3.2.1 First Republican Constitution; 3.2.2 Second Republican Constitution 1978; 3.2.3 Human Rights Legislation; 3.2.4 The Third Republican Constitution; 3.3 Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights; 3.3.1 Human Rights Commission; 3.3.2 Supreme Court; 3.3.3 National Police Commission; 3.3.4 Presidential Commission of Inquiries; 3.3.5 Office on Missing Persons; 3.3.6 Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission; 3.4 Institutional Impediments to the Development of a Human Rights Infrastructure
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3.4.1 Executive Presidency3.4.2 Public Security Ordinance Act 1947; 3.4.3 Prevention of Terrorism Act 1979; 3.5 Concluding Comments; References; 4 The United Nations Treaty-Based Bodies and Their Engagement with Sri Lanka; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Role of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies; 4.3 Sri Lanka's Human Rights Treaties Ratification and Implementation Record; 4.4 Enabling an Open and Free Society: An Examination of Sri Lanka's Interaction with the United Nations Human Rights Committee
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| Abstract
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This book examines the engagement between the United Nations' human rights machinery and the respective governments since Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) joined the United Nations. Sri Lanka has a long and rich history of engagement with international human rights instruments. However, despite its active membership in the UN, the country's post-colonial trials and tribulations are emblematic of the limited influence the international organisation has exerted on this country in the Global South. Assessing the impact of this international engagement on the country's human rights infrastructure and situation, the book outlines Sri Lanka's colonial and post-colonial development. It then considers the development of a domestic human rights infrastructure in the country. It also examines and analyzes Sri Lanka's engagement with the UN's treaty-based and charter-based human rights bodies, before offering conclusions concerning the impact of said engagement. The book offers an innovative approach to gauging the impact of international human rights engagement, while also taking into account the colonial and post-colonial imperatives that have partly dictated governmental behaviour. By doing so, the book seeks to combine and analyse international human rights law, post-colonial critique, studies on biopower, and critical approaches to international law. It will be a useful resource not only for scholars of international law, but also for practitioners and activists working in this area.
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United Nations.
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United Nations.
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Human rights-- Sri Lanka.
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Human rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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Sri Lanka.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.095493
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| LC Classification
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JC599.S72
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