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Mrs.H Niluka Damayanthi

LLB Second Class Honours (Upper Division)University of Colombo LLM (Honours) University of Pune, India CTHE (OUSL) Reading MPhil leading to PhD, University of Colombo Attorney-at Law

Senior Lecturer (Gr.I)

Legal Studies
  • CRC, 2nd floor, HSS Building
  • Office: 112881648, Ext: 2306
  • E-mail: hndam@ou.ac.lk nilu.damayanthi@yahoo.com

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence

Constitutional Law,Administrative Law,Human Rights and Environmental Law

Programme Coordination:
Program Director of the Degree of Master of Laws in Criminal Justice Administration Program from 1 st
September 2017 to 31 st August 2018

Course Coordination:
LWU3311- Administrative Law

Unpublished Dissertation -Master of Laws -Freedom of Speech and Expression; Scope of Administrative Discretion and Judicial Control

Ongoing Research:

Economic Rights of the Fishing community

Conference Proceedings/Full Papers

  • HN Damayanthi ‘Right to Health v Fruit Ripen Law in Sri Lanka’(5th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, ISBN:978-955-589-187-5(2014)
  • HN Damayanthi, ’Equality in Education; Analyzing of Educational and legislative policies relating to physically disabled children in Sri Lanka’ (ICOPH 2 nd International Conference on Public Health 2016) c)
  • HN Damayanthi ‘The UN Watercourse Convention: Its applicability in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka’ (International Conference on Water Sharing in SAARC Region Legal Issues and Challenges 2017)
  • HN Damayanthi ‘Protection of the Right to Livelihood of Fishermen in Palk Bay Region-A Human Rights Law Perspective’ (RUICHSS, 5 th Ruhuna University International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences 2019)
  • HN Damayanthi ‘Right to Development v Right to Property: Significance of Re-visit the Law relating to Acquisition of Land in Sri Lanka’ (ICSUSL 7 th International Conference of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka 2019)
  • HN Damayanthi ‘Expanding right to life through legislative interventions; A study of a fishing community in Sri
    Lanka’ (RIRC Rajarata International Research Conference 2019)
  • HN Damayanthi ‘Adequacy of the Legislative Interventions to Protect the Educational Rights of the Disabled Children in Sri’(5th World Disability and Rehabilitation Conference 2020)
  • HN Damayanthi ‘Efficacy of Collective Actions Approach for Sustainable Fishing in Palk Bay Region’ (iPURSE, Peradeniya University International Research Session 2021)
  • Damayanthi H.N (2021) Towards equitable sharing of Fishing Harvest in Plak-Bay Region; State responsibility on assuring Viable Solutions to Fishing issues 04th International Conference on Contemporary issues of Commerce, Education, Arts and Information Technology (ICCEAIT)
  • HN Damayanthi ‘Evaluation of the legal framework in fishing sector for prevention of environmental damages caused by unauthorized fishing in Palk Bay’(IRCHSS ,University of Sri Jayawardanapura 2022)
  • Damayanthi H.N, Hewameealla S, Minority opinion of the court and its significant contribution for the subsequent legal development, KDU Law Journal Faculty of Law-Kothalawala Defense University Volume 4 Issue I March 2024

Damayanthi H.N, Hewameealla S.  “An analysis of the laws relating to the use of Emojis: Sri Lanka and India Journal of Legal Studies, International Refereed Peer-Reviewed Legal Journal JLS, Volume 12, Issue 1,January 2024ISSN2321-1059

Damayanthi H.N, Hewameealla S.  A Comprehensive Study of Cyberbullying and Protecting Children from Online Harassment: Addressing Legislative Gaps in Sri Lanka, International Conference on ‘ Care and Protection of Children: Issues and Challenges’. Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh(2023)

  • Damayanthi H.N. (2014) Right to Health v Fruit Ripen Law in Sri Lanka,5th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, 2014(ICSBE)ISBN:978-955-589-187-5
  • Damayanthi H.N (2015) The need to revisit the law relating to working women: A Sri Lanan approach.
  • Damayanthi H.N (2016) Equality in Education; Analyzing of Educational and legislative policies relating to physically disabled children in Sri Lanka, ICOPH 2nd International Conference on Public Health
  • Damayanthi H.N (2017), The UN Watercourse Convention: Its applicability in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, International Conference on Water Sharing in SAARC Region Legal Issues and Challenges
  • Damayanthi H.N (2019) Protection of the Right to Livelihood of Fishermen in Palk Bay Region-A Human Rights Law Perspective, RUICHSS, 5th Ruhuna University International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Damayanthi H.N (2019) Right to Development v Right to Property: Significance of Re-visit the Law relating to Acquisition of Land in Sri Lanka, ICSUSL 7th International Conference of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
  • Damayanthi H.N. (2019) Expanding right to life through legislative interventions; A study of a fishing community in Sri Lanka, RIRC Rajarata International Research Conference

•           Damayanthi H.N. (2020) Adequacy of the Legislative Interventions to Protect the Educational Rights of the Disabled

Children in Sri Lanka ,5th World Disability and Rehabilitation Conference

  • Damayanthi H.N (2021) Efficacy of Collective Actions Approach for Sustainable Fishing in Palk Bay Region, iPURSE, Peradeniya University International Research Session
  • Damayanthi H.N (2021) Towards equitable sharing of Fishing Harvest in Palk-Bay Region; State responsibility on assuring Viable Solutions to Fishing issues 04th International Conference on Contemporary issues of Commerce, Education, Arts and Information Technology (ICCEAIT)

•           Damayanthi H.N (2023) A way forward to safeguard the right to livelihood of the fishing community in the northern part of Sri Lanka; Lessons from Thailand, International Research Conference in Law organised by the EdHat International, UK

LLM dissertation supervisor and examiner, Masters of Laws in Criminal Justice Administration Degree Programme, Department of Legal Studies, the Open University of Sri Lanka

Life time member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka

  • Director -LL.M in Criminal Justice Administration Programme, The Open University of Sri Lanka(2017)

 

  • Committee member of the University By-Law Committee, The OUSL

 

  • Curriculum developed for the Short Course in Irregular Migration, Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking designed by the Department of Legal Studies. (Administrative Law course)

 

  • Curriculum developed for the certificate course conducted by the National Police Academy

 

  • Committee member of the Criterion 5-Programme Design and Development for the Institutional Review 2019
  • Served as the Chairperson of Criterion 1 for the Program review conducted by the University Grant Commission 2017
  • Member of the Panel of Reviewers-2017 Student Research Symposium, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences “Understanding the past, analyzing the present, and facing the future: Humanities & Social Sciences and shaping vibrant communities.”
  • Course chair, session writer and content editor for the LLJ3245 Introduction to the Laws of Sri Lanka for the Bachelor of Industrial Studies, Faculty of Engineering Technology
  • Course chair for the Jurisprudence and Administrative Law courses of the LLB (Honours) Degree Program
  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the 4th biennial conference of the South Asian International Economic Law Network 2024
  • Editorial Board member-Sri Lanka Journal of Legal Studies
  • Senate member of the Open University of Sri Lanka
  • Co-Chair of Session III (B) of the International Conference on Water Sharing in SAARC Region; Legal Issues and Challenges-25th,26th March 2017
  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the Open University Research Session  OURS 2023

Scholarship –The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)

Member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka

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