Ms. Eranga Dissanayake

Lecturer (Temporary)

LLM (Colombo - Reading), LLB (Hons) (Colombo), Dip. in Human Rights and Democracy (Colombo),Dip. in Commercial Law (Colombo), Dip. in International Relations (BCIS), Dip. in Diplomacy and World Affairs (BIDTI), Dip. in Human Resource Management (ICBT)

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LLM (Colombo – Reading), LLB (Hons) (Colombo), Dip. in Human Rights and Democracy (Colombo),Dip. in Commercial Law (Colombo), Dip. in International Relations (BCIS), Dip. in Diplomacy and World Affairs (BIDTI), Dip. in Human Resource Management (ICBT)

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Research interests:

Labor Law, Environmental Law, Public International Law, Human Rights Law, ICT Law

Affiliations:

Member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka

Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

Contributions:

 

  1. Visiting Lecturer at Centre for the Study of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.
  2. Research Assistant for the National Research on Language Rights and Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. (NLEAP), with Sri Lankan government and Centre for the study of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
  3. Senior Researcher at Centre for the Environmental Law and Policy
  4. Represent the Editorial Board of South Asian Journal of Environmental Law and Policy – Vol.2
  5. Guest speaker (Facilitator) for the world day against child Labour Program organized by American Spaces Sri Lanka.
  6. Guest Speaker (Facilitator) for “Em -power” project on Women Empowerment organized by American Spaces Sri Lanka
  7. Guest Speaker (Facilitator) for  IDM National Campus – college of legal studies, informative webinar series on Domestic Violence
Course Coordination:

Family Law (LLU 4707)

Equity and Trust Law (LLU 3505)

Awards:
  1. Winner of the Open Awards of University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in General Convocation 2020 – “Canekaratne Prize for General Merit” award which is given to the best student from the entire university of Colombo who had achieved in academic excellence, sportsmanship, research and other ExtraCurricular activities.
  2. Winner of the “Most outstanding student of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo” award in General Convocation 2020
  3. Academic excellence award for becoming the top of the 2016 batch of Diploma in Human resource management, ICBT Southern Campus, Sri Lanka.
  4. National Champions award at Henry Dunant Memorial Moot court competition on International Humanitarian Law 2019.
  5. Most Outstanding student of the year award  – 2015, S.T / Thomas’ Girls’ High School, Matara for securing the Best result of Matara District – Rank 1st in Matara District in G.C.E A/L Examination 2015
Ongoing Research:
  1. Ensuring health and safety rights of employees at workplace: A comparative Analysis
  2. Sri Lanka Needs to Permit Night Work and Overtime Work for All Working Women without Any Restrictions: Comparative Analysis
  3. Discoursing Lacunas in Sri Lankan Law on Cyber Sextortion – Towards a Statutory response
Publications:
  1. Dissanayake VGESW, ‘The Challenges in Protecting Right to Education amidst new normalcy; Sri Lankan Perspective’ – Paper Presentation at the 2022 Asian Universities Alliance – Academic Conference on Learning in a Post COVID 19 Era, Bankok, Thailand
  2. Dissanayake VGESW, ‘A way forward to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Sri Lanka; A Comparative Analysis with UK, APIIT International Law Symposium 2023
  3. Dissanayake VGESW, ‘A review on the adequacy of Sri Lankan  Laws relating to child labor, Manurawa Law Journal 2020
  4. Dissanayake VGESW, ‘Ensuring Right to Life in the context of environment’, Thulawa Law Journal 2020, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
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