Mrs. M.K.G. Jeewanthi

LL.M(Colombo), LL.B (Hons) (Colombo), PgD in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Japura) Attorney-at-Law, Commissioner for Oaths

Senior Lecturer (Gr.II)

Legal Studies

International Human Rights Law, Food Law, Land Law, Family Law

International Human Rights Law, Food Law, Land Law, Family Law

LLU6717- International Human Rights Law (Level 6)
LLU6715 – Labour Law (Level 06)
LLU5810 – Land Law (Level 05) subjects.

  • ”(RIGHT TO INFORMATION) Stamford lake Publication , 2018, page 205. (ISBN 978-955-658-471-4

 

  • Media Socialization of Children on Eating Habits; A study of how Television content nourish their lives / මාධ්‍ය සමාජිකකරණය තුළ ළමා පරිභෝජන රටාවන්; රුපවහිනී අන්තර්ගතය ඔවුන්ගේ ජීවිත් පෝෂණය කරන අන්දම පිලිබඳ අධ්‍යයනයක්.(2020)(Co-author) (Published by the Social Studies Department of the Open University of Sri Lanka)

Examining the Consequences of Corporal Punishment on Children in Sri Lanka: A study of Child rights and Legal
Framework( Co-authour) , KDU Law Journal, Vol: 04, Issue: II,83-97,2024, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University ,ISSN: 2783-8870.

“Business Enterprises and Human Rights Standards”, Journal of Business Studies, Vol 4 Issues 2, December 2017(pages 61-80)

“Media Socialization of Children on Eating Habits; A study of how Television content nourish their lives”( Co-authour) World Journal of Social Science Research ISSN2375-9747 (Print) ISSN 2332-5534 (Online) Vol. 6, No.4, 2019 www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjssr

-“European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against the full-face veil. (Case note on Fouzia dakir vs Belgium
(4619/12) and Belcacemi and Oussar Vs Belgium (37798/13) decided on 11 th July 2017”, ‘Maurawa’ law journal -2017 (pages 132-135)

“Regulating food advertisement in Sri Lanka and Curbing the Childhood obesity: The Way forward “International Research conference 2020- KDU

“Sexual harassment in work place – does law adequately address?”, 4 th International research Conference on
Contemporary Management- University of Jaffna (2017) (page 119-128)

“Legitimate capability of executing the death penalty under human rights law and values.”,10 th International Research Conference – KDU (2017) (pages 1-4)

“State responsibility and legal framework of Sri Lanka in food safety”, 10 th International Research Conference – KDU (2017) (pages 1-11)
“Imprisonment” as an alternative method of punishment”, International Conference on Law and Justice- (2013) (page 351-371)

“Restorative justice: better protection Model for nationalSecurity”, International Symposia – KDU (2012) (page536-545)

Compulsory supervision process in the distance learning system in the department of legal studies: perception of students”, 29 th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities (2015) (page 1-8)

Extended Abstracts
The question whether the extension of the detention period affects the rights of suspects: A critique of the new
Act., Annual Academic Session of the Open University of Sri Lanka (2013)

Public Trust Doctrine, as a tool of Controlling Untrammeled Power. Annual Academic Session of the Open University of Sri Lanka (2010)

Abstracts

Independence of Judiciary: evaluation on the 17 th , 18 th and 19 th Amendments to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka., 9 th Annual Research Conference of the RoyalAsiatic Society of Sri Lanka (2016)

Sri Lanka need more women representation in politics, International Multidisciplinary Research conference (2016)

State Sovereignty and unnecessary international interference, International Conference on multi- Disciplinary Approaches, Faculty ofGraduate Studies,University of Sri Jayawardhanapura (2015)

New eye for sentencing juvenile offenders, InternationalResearch Symposia – Kothalawala Defense University(2013)

Organ donation after a life threatening accident: An appraisal of Sri Lankan law, International Conference onEnd of Life: law, Ethics,Policy and practice, sponsored by the Queensland University of Technology Australian Center for Health law research, Dalhouse health LawInstitute and Tsinghua Health Law Research center held in Brisbane Australia. (2014)

If right to life is there, why not right to death? , International research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jayawardhanapura.(2014)

Sri Lankan Prison system: Conflict with human Rightsstandards, International research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences(2012)

Legitimate capability of executing the death penalty under human rights law and values., 10 th International
Research Conference – KDU(2017)

State responsibility and legal framework of Sri Lanka in food safety, 10 th International Research Conference – KDU(2017)

“Imprisonment” as an alternative method of punishment International Conference on Law and Justice- (2013)

Restorative justice: better protection Model for national Security, International Symposia – Kothalawala Defense University (2012)

Malala’s Voice for Women’s rights to Education: A Sri Lankan Perspective-, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) and University Grants Commission in collaboration with theUniversity of Kalaniya and the University of Colombo
Sri Lanka (2013)

Compulsory supervision process in the distance learning system in the department of legal studies: perception of students, 29 th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities (2015)

  • Supervising dissertation of the students of the Masters of Laws in Criminal Justice Administration Degree Programme, Department of Legal Studies, the Open University of Sri Lanka
  • Supervising dissertations for students in the Masters of Human Rights and Democratisation program offered by the Center for Human Rights Studies (CSHR)of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo.
  • Supervising the dissertation of the students of the Masters of Laws program of the Kothalawala Defense University.
  • Supervising undergraduate project reports for final year law students of the OUSL.
  • Supervising undergraduate dissertations of the lawstudents of the University of Peradeniya.

Attorney -at -Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Member, The Bar Association of Sri Lanka
Executive committee member of the Open University Teachers Association- 2016-2017
Committee member to the Senior Common Room(2015/2016)

Resource person to the Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) of the Open University of Sri Lanka.

Resource person in the process of translating ‘Open University Student Union by Laws’ into Sinhala.HSS Faculty Representative to the CETMe Board- from2024 to present

HSS Faculty Representative to the Operations Committee from 2024 to present

Department Representative to the meeting on ‘phase 1 of the new OMIS program- Registration Module’(year)Representative of the Probationary lecturers to the Faculty Board of the Humanities and Social Science Faculty(2017-2018)

Department Representative to the Faculty Planning and Development Committee

Department representative to the Information Technology(IT) Committee

Member of the LL.M Postgraduate committee