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Brief - The Cabinet Decision to Ban Women from Purchasing Liquor is Unconstitutional
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2018-09)The submission includes a draft brief on “The Cabinet Decision to Ban Women from Purchasing Liquor is Unconstitutional”. Women are permitted to purchase liquor. On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media ... -
Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index 2015 for Asia: Sri Lanka Country Report
MSI;02
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2015)Civil Society Sustainability was assessed for the year 2015 by looking at the legal environment, organizational capacity, financial viability, infrastructure, CSO advocacy and public image. Sri Lanka, which had the ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Divorce in Kandyan Law
Legal Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-20)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws applicable to specific ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic focuses on the disparities between Kandyan Law and the General ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Divorce in Muslim Law
Legal Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-19)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws applicable to specific ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic focuses on the disparities between Muslim Law and the General ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Property Rights in Tesawalamai Law
Legal Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-21)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws applicable to specific ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic focuses on the disparities between Tesawalamai Law and the ... -
Due Process and Preparedness for Public Emergencies: Lessons for Sri Lanka, From the COVID-19 Pandemic = හදිසි මහජන අවස්යතා උදෙසා නිසි කාර්යය පටිපාටිය සහ සූදානම කොවිඩ් -19 වසංගතයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවට උගත හැකි පාඩම් = பொது நெருக்கடி நிலைகளுக்கான உரிய செயன்முறை மற்றும் தயார்நிலை கொவிட்-19 தொற்றுநோயிலிருந்து இலங்கைக்கான படிப்பினைகள்
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2021-07)This study explores the due process implications of the challenges faced by Sri Lanka’s judicial system during the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies two key due process rights which are adversely affected by the COVID-19 ... -
E-Government Procurement: Enabling Business through Efficient Systems
Mohammed, Rehana; Legal Team (Verité Research, 2017-01)E-procurement offers the government major cost-savings, higher value for money and better fiscal management. By making procurement more efficient, cost-effective, and competitive, e-procurement can create a stronger ... -
Fair Recruitment of Migrant Workers in Sri Lanka: A Legal Gap Analysis
Legal Team (Verite Research, 2022-04)This report analyses and discusses the legal and policy issues surrounding recruitment practices for foreign employment that Sri Lankan migrant workers face. For this study, the team has selected issues relevant to three ... -
Hill Country Tamils of Sri Lanka: Analysis of Legal and Policy issues affecting labour and governance structure
Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)This report examines the socio-economic background and history of the Hill Country Tamil community (HCT) with a focus on health, education, labour and their primary engagement in the tea plantation industry. Thereafter, ... -
How have successive governments in Sri Lanka progressed on key commitments?
Statistical and Analytical Review;No. 9
Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08)Caption: How have successive governments in Sri Lanka progressed on key commitments under #UNHRC Resolution 30/1? -
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities
Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public authority;1
Legal Team (Colombo: Verité, 2023-09-04)Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the ... -
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities - Executive Summary
Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public authority;1
Legal Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09-04)Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the ... -
Powers of the Election Commission to Regulate Privately-Owned Media during Elections in Sri Lanka
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2019-11)The regulation of the media during an election period to ensure free and fair elections has a reasonably long history in Sri Lanka. The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is constitutionally empowered to regulate the media ... -
Regulating Social Media in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of the Legal and Non-Legal Regulatory Frameworks in the Context of Hate Speech and Disinformation
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2021-11)This study explores the existing legal and non-legal frameworks to regulate the spread of disinformation and hate speech on social media. The study presents potential implications of the spread of disinformation and hate ... -
Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2018-09)The submission includes a draft brief published by the legal team on the liquor ban imposed on women in Sri Lanka, titled “Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed”. On 10 January 2018, ... -
Sexual harassment at the workplace: Overcoming barriers to justice
Legal Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)Report on 'Sexual harassment at the workplace: overcoming barriers to justice'. This report conducts a legal gap analysis on workplace sexual harassment, considering gender and sexual construct without discrimination. It ... -
Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers, An Analysis of the Legal and Policy Framework
Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Report;No. 1
Legal Team (Colombo, Verite Research Pvt. Ltd., 2015-03)This report analyses the legal and policy frameworks applicable to domestic workers in Sri Lanka. The report uses global standards of decent work to offer a fresh perspective on the problem and aims to outline a strategy ... -
Sri Lanka: LLRC Implementation Monitor: Constructive Recommendations - Statistical and Analytical Review No.2
LLRC;02
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2014-03)In January 2014, the Government of Sri Lanka claimed that the implementation of a significant number of constructive recommendations was ‘completed’. In fact, according to the government’s reports on progress, the ... -
Sri Lanka: LLRC Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No.4 - LLRC Recommendations and UNHRC Commitments
Statistical and Analytical Review; No. 4
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2016-06)In January 2015, Sri Lanka underwent its first major political transition since the end of the armed conflict in 2009. The immediate post-war years saw limited progress towards reconciliation and accountability. In such ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 2
Statistical and Analytical Review; No. 2
Legal Team; Mohammed, Rehana (Verité Research, 2017-03)In June 2016, VR released an analysis of government progress in implementing the 36 actionable commitments in Resolution 30/1. This briefing note contains an updated analysis of progress since June 2016.Overall Status of ...