by polity.lk | Oct 14, 2025 | Justice
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward: 20 years since the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act Thahira Cader & Raaya Gomez IntroductionOctober 3rd this year marks twenty years since the passing of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, No. 34 of 2005 (PDVA) in Sri...
by polity.lk | Oct 7, 2025 | Politics
‘Dead Catting’: Manufacturing Moral Panic in Sri Lanka Ruben Thurairajah In Colombo Fort, tourists stroll past decaying colonial buildings, unaware that the air is thick with invented fear. A hotel concierge smiles politely, but in the newspapers, the same streets are...
by polity.lk | Sep 23, 2025 | Justice
Family Law and Practice in Sri Lanka: Women’s Declaration Suriya Women’s Development Centre The Women’s Declaration on Family Law and Practice was officially submitted to Minister of Women and Child Affairs Saroja Savithri Paulraj, Minister of Justice and National...
by polity.lk | Sep 16, 2025 | Politics
Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism and Political Legitimacy in Contemporary Sri Lanka Shashik Silva Cleavage politics has emerged as one of the most defining features of Sri Lanka’s party system and political behaviour since independence.[1] Political commentators have...
by polity.lk | Sep 3, 2025 | Politics
Man in the Mirror Ruben Thurairajah The photograph came first. Ranil Wickremesinghe walks out of the intensive care unit of Colombo’s National Hospital, a thin smile on his lips, a book raised just high enough for its title to be captured by Harin Fernando’s...
