Browsing Research Reports by Author "Legal Team"
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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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 3
Statistical and Analytical Review; No. 3
Razick, Sakeena; Mohammed, Rehana; Legal Team (Verité Research, 2018-02)The government’s commitments in Resolution 30/1 have come to denote the main features of Sri Lanka’s transitional justice agenda, particularly with regard to accountability mechanisms for abuses suffered by victims of the ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 5
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2020-02)Resolution 30/1 was co-sponsored in 2015. It contains 36 distinct commitments that fall into five broad thematic categories: 1. Transitional justice and reconciliation 2. Rights and rule of law 3. Security and demilitarisation ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 6
Legal Team (Verité Research, 2021-02)Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor - Statistical and Analytical Review No. 6’, provides an updated analysis from February 2020 to February 2021, of the Sri Lankan government’s progress in implementing the ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 7
Statistical and Analytical Review;No. 7
Legal Team (Colombo: Verite, 2022-03)This is Verité Research’s latest study on the Sri Lankan government’s progress in fulfilling the commitments on reconciliation and accountability in UNHRC Resolution 30/1. At the 46th session of the United Nations Human ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 8
Statistical and Analytical Review;No. 8
Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-09-09)This document represents Verité Research's final formatted report concerning the Sri Lankan government's advancements in meeting the obligations related to reconciliation and accountability outlined in UNHRC Resolution ... -
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 9
Statistical and Analytical Review;No. 9
Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08)This is Verité Research’s latest study on the Sri Lankan government’s progress in fulfilling the commitments on reconciliation and accountability in UNHRC Resolution 30/1. At the 51st session of the United Nations Human ...