Senior Lecturer (Gr.II)
LLB (Hons) Colombo, LLM International Human Rights Law (Lund, Sweden) Attorney- at -LawLegal Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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E-mail: rlper@ou.ac.lk
LLB (Hons) Colombo, LLM International Human Rights Law (Lund, Sweden)
Attorney- at -Law
Senior Lecturer
Areas of Specialization:International human rights law, fundamental rights
Research interests:International human rights law, International humanitarian law
Course Coordination:Law of Delict LLU6814, Interpretation of statutes and documents LLU3405
Awards:Swedish Institute scholar 2017-2019
Ongoing Research:- Creeping De-universalization in Sri Lankan General Education: The Case of ‘International Schools’
Books/Book chapters
- ‘From Protection to Deregulation: Whither Labour Laws in Sri Lanka?’ in Sri Lanka State of Human Rights (Law and Society Trust, Colombo, 2017). In collaboration with Lakmali Hemachandra
- Forthcoming: ‘Economic crisis, neoliberal austerity and criminalization of dissent in Sri Lanka’ in Anna De Ronco and Rosella Selmini (eds.) Criminalization of dissent in Times of Crisis (Palgrave Mac Millan Publishers)
Journal Articles
- ‘Beyond the Minimalist Critique: an Assessment of the Right to Education in International Human Rights Law’. (2021). Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 39:4, 268.
- ‘Dilemmas in the Sri Lankan Transition: A Critical Reflection on the Failed Transitional Justice Initiative Post 2015’. (2020) CSHR: Human Rights Journal 4:1
- ‘The Impact of Neo-liberal Economic Policy on the State Policy and Legal Framework on Labour – A Case of Sri Lanka and India’. (2015). Modern Sri Lanka Studies 6:1, University of Peradeniya
Book Reviews
- Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War by Samuel MOYN. (2022). Asian Journal of International Law, 12:2, 417.
Conference proceedings
- Ecocide as a standalone crime international crime: a critical assessment of recent developments. 8th Advanced International Humanitarian Law South Asian Academics Platform. Organizer: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Between liberty and equality: Assessing the impact of the proliferation of ‘international schools’ in Sri Lanka from a right to education perspective, Peradeniya University International Research Conference, 2021.
- Revisiting the relevance of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission’s (LLRC) approach to accountability, Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, 1st Annual Conference, 2021
- ‘The Right to the City within the Human Rights Cities Initiative and its Potential in addressing the Urban Divide: A Critical Assessment’. (2019). Conference Proceedings, 9th World Human Rights Cities Forum, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- ‘The Significance of Social Movements in Defending Socio-Economic Rights in the Context of Globalization – with Special Reference to the Campaign of Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) to Defend Public Education in Sri Lanka’. (2016) International Conference on Human Rights, Citizenship and Democratization, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, University of Colombo.
- ‘The Impact of Neo-liberal Economic Policy on the State Policy and Legal Framework on Labour – A Case of Sri Lanka and India’. Second International Conference on South Asian Economic Development (2016). Organizer: South Asian University, New Delhi
- Forthcoming: ‘Transcending human rights orthodoxy: reflections on the draft Convention on the Right to Development’. NLUD-LDRN 6th General Conference at National Law University Delhi, India (19th – 21st August 2023)